However, with only four games remaining, Hasenhuttl's side currently lie in fifth place, chasing Leverkusen and Dortmund who are level on points in the final Champions
League qualification places.
With Chelsea adrift of the Champions
League qualification places in the Premier League, defeat to Leicester in Sunday's FA Cup quarter - final and then to Tottenham on April 1 could result in a premature departure for Conte, whose position has been the subject of speculation all season.
Yet, while the first team labour outside the Champions
League qualification places, struggling even to summon up the spirit to compete against our fiercest rivals in what remains of a disastrous European campaign, Warren Joyce's Under 21s go from strength to strength.
The outcome piled the pressure on Rodgers, whose side sit seven points behind the Champions
League qualification places in fifth position.
The North London club play against fierce rivals Tottenham on Saturday with the game taking extra significance as both sides are chasing a position in the Champions
League qualification places.
Both sides will be looking to beat one of their main rivals for the Champions
League qualification places, and the players will have to be on top of their game during the encounter.
The Tangerines finished fifth in the SPL last season, and will be hoping to push on and get in to contention for the Europa
League qualification places next time round.
Despite currently being widely expected to finish in the Champions
League qualification places, Arsenal will still be seen as outsiders to lift the Premier League crown.
The Brazilian has helped the capital club into the top three and, with only three matches to play, the Biancocelesti sit inside the Champions
League qualification places.
Even with this massive investment United have struggled to consolidate a position in the Champions
League qualification places this term.
Nevertheless, United remain five points adrift of the Champions
League qualification places, and will be desperate to pick up from where they left off in midweek when they face Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.
This has left them six points off the Champions
League qualification places with only nine games to go until the end of the season.
This has seen them slip to fourth in the table, and they are in genuine danger of slipping out of the Champions
League qualification places.
To add to this they managed to draw with Liverpool on Sunday despite the Reds having far more to play for in a potential Champions
League qualification place.
The criticism of the Gunners has always been that, in the past decade, the club gets satisfied with a Champions
League qualification place.
THE RACE for the Premier League's sole Europa
League qualification place has fast become one that neither side really seems to want to win.
To be honest, things such as the title race, finishing in the Champions
League qualifications places and local rivalries seem to matter little right now.
At the moment, Dortmund are occupying the final Champions
League qualification place in the league.
Not exact matches
please raise your glasses, and drink to 4th
place and 18 seasons of champions
league qualification.
Arsene Wenger is a dinosaur who still believes that 4th
place and champions
league qualification is good for him.
The Pensioners sit a whopping 14 points off Tottenham Hotspur in fourth and the Champions
League places, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to see how the west Londoners will guarantee qualification for Europe's top table next season... at least not via their league f
League places, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to see how the west Londoners will guarantee
qualification for Europe's top table next season... at least not via their
league f
league finish.
Wenger also used to use the importance of the 4th
place trophy (
qualification of the champions
league) as a good excuse to attract quality signings!?
After securing automatic
qualification for next season's Champions
League but falling off the pace to pip Manchester City to second
place, Arsenal welcome West Brom to the Emirates with nothing much to play for.
Arsenal currently sit in fourth
place in the Premier
League, three points adrift of leaders Chelsea, while
qualification to the next stage of the Champions
League has been confirmed.
You can't make a foil - covered replica of Champions
League qualification and wave it in the crowd, or take fourth -
place for an open - top bus ride.
That completes a five game winless run that has seen them drop out of the Premier
League top four and out of the
qualification places in Europe.
Heading back after the winter break, the Rossoneri sit in fifth
place in Serie A, just two points adrift of the top three as they hope to secure
qualification for the Champions
League.
Say what you like about the 4TH
Place Trophy, but it was Champions
League Qualification during those years that kept Arsenal solvent and in business.
Over the years it has become clear our only ambition is champions
league qualification so, whoever comes in as long as he can get 4th
place then he will stay.
Qualification for champions
league and fourth
place in the premiership where the club would set to gain money set against the additional outlay on top class players to finish a few
places above fourth and pocket slightly more money — its a no brainer from a business perspective.
Having moved to within a point of rivals Manchester City in fourth
place, it sets up Thursday night's derby wonderfully as the pressure will be on both sides to get the right result and take a huge step towards Champions
League qualification.
The Red Devils are still facing a battle to finish in the top four to secure Champions
League qualification for next season, with a six - point gap currently existing between them and fifth -
placed Chelsea.
The 23 - year - old Swiss midfielder arrives from Borussia Monchengladbach, who he captained to fourth
place in the Bundesliga last season and Champions
League qualification in the past two seasons.
The Gunners, who can reclaim fifth spot and close the gap on fourth
place Manchester City with a victory at Crystal Palace, are also looking to seal Champions
League qualification for the 19th consecutive season.
This season Butland has recorded 10 clean sheets for Stoke as they have moved to eighth
place on the table and within striking distance of the final Europa
League qualification spot, currently held by Man United.
But Wenger's case isn't helped by the fact that in his late period, he's
placed so much emphasis on regular Champions
League qualification as an achievement — a trophy!
If Bradford City overcome Premier
League Swansea City at Wembley and subsequently turn down the European
qualification, the
place will automatically go back to the Premier
League meaning the team finishing eighth could earned a Europe
League spot.
United remain in fifth
place in the Premier
League table with seven games remaining this season, but they sit just one point adrift of rivals Manchester City in the race for Champions
League qualification.
The victory moved Bayer Leverkusen into fourth
place as the 28th Gameweek of Bundesliga gets underway, and into
qualification for the Champions
League should the standings remain the same after the weekend.
Do you really think Arsenal has any chance of winning the PL, so you ask WHU a favor?Youmust be playing in the same
league as Wenger not to ser the real world.This is what I think - we are not going to make the CL
qualification seat as Everton, for instance, looks a lot better than Arsenal.If this is the price to see Wenget gone so be it.Looks like finishing on the 6th or 7 th
place is the only way to get rid of this senile manager.
All of the fossil lovers have gone quiet... Mark my word though when we qualify... and we will... they will be back with their drug induced football logic and half baked histories to remind us that we still have a shot at CL
qualification 4th
place and the
league cup under the greatest manager who has ever lived... Sad bunch of so called fans
There are six games remaining in the Premier
League schedule and as City look to secure a top - four finish which brings Champions
League qualification, they may be sorely tempted to part with the Chilean now and
place coach Patrick Vieira in temporary charge until the end of May.
Bursaspor currently sit sixth in the Turkish top division, 13 points away from Champions
League qualification and two points away from the Europa
League places.
FK Qabala Vs Borussia Dortmund — Europa
League Last season Bundesliga 6th
place holder on season end played
qualification and play off, also won all of them so far.
But having reached European's elite club competition for 15 successive years, Wenger is well -
placed to know what is needed to ensure
qualification for a 16th by finishing inside the Premier
League's top four.
The Gunners are currently in sixth
place in the Premier
League table and on course to miss out on Champions
League qualification for the second season running.
A change needs to be made because anything but champions
league qualification could quickly
place Milan on bankruptcy watch.
Dembele has been one of the stand - out stars of the French season so far this term, helping Rennes into contention for Champions
League qualification, with the Brittany club currently sitting up in fifth
place.
Leganés don't have a lot to play for — they're pretty much guaranteed to finish somewhere between 10th and 15th — but with matches left against Depor, Levante, Betis, and Villarreal, they could have something to say about relegation
places as well as Europa
League qualification.
The Cottagers are just two points off Norwich in 17th
place, but Tim Sherwood will hope his Spurs team can deny Fulham the three points they crave, despite Spurs set to miss out on a Champions
League qualification spot.