Sentences with phrase «league qualification spot»

It was Liverpool who gained the advantage though, as all three points moved them back into a Champions League qualification spot...

The Reds host the Eagles this weekend with the objective of extending a seven - match unbeaten run in the Premier League and maintaining their course for a Champions League qualification spot.

The club sit just six points off of Real Sociedad who occupy 6th place and the Europa League qualification spot.

Man City have all but secured a Champions League qualification spot, barring a freak goal swing in Manchester Utd's rearranged game with Bournemouth following a bomb scare.

The result left the Gladbach Foals one win away from securing the third and final direct Champions League qualification spot behind Bayern and Wolfsburg.

Tottenham are currently 5th in the Premier League table, three points behind Liverpool, who occupy the final Champions League qualification spot.

With only five matches left, Frankfurt only trail fourth - placed Bayer Leverkusen — their opponents on Saturday — by two points for the final Champions League qualification spot.

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.

The final match day next month will see the Europa League qualification spot contested between Apoel and Dortmund, who both have two points from their five matches.

The Dutch tactician has come under intense scrutiny this season for the lack of goals, entertainment and success that his side have produced, as they continue to sit five points adrift of Tottenham in the fourth and final Champions League qualification spot.

Arsene Wenger's side have now lost five of their last six in all competitions, losing in the Carabao Cup final to Manchester City while slipping 13 points adrift of the top four in the pursuit of a Champions League qualification spot.

Arsenal's disappointment at losing out on a Champions League qualification spot masked a decent run of wins at the end of the season — mirroring Chelsea's results across the last five games.

Despite going on a 13 - game unbeaten run without conceding in 584 minutes of football along with booking a spot in the Coppa Italia final and reigniting their hopes of a Champions League qualification spot, Donnarumma's agent, Mino Raiola, continues to urge his client to move away from the San Siro.

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.

Biglia has been in good form this season, making twenty league appearances — with a decent return of two goals for the defensive midfielder — and helping Lazio into a Champions League qualification spot with not long left in the current campaign.

With seven points now between the Reds and the final Champions League qualification spot, their manager Brendan Rodgers admitted that it would now be tough to get into the top four.

The 25 - year - old has scored 36 goals and provided 12 assists in 41 games for the Reds, playing a fundamental role in their continued pursuit of a Champions League qualification spot while also chasing glory in Europe this season too.

This season they are challenging AS Monaco and Olympique Marseille for the final Champions League qualification spot in Ligue 1.

While Gattuso had his troubles early on, he has now guided Milan to a 10 - game unbeaten run in Serie A, winning their last five in a row and in turn dragging them back into the race for a Champions League qualification spot.

However, they haven't been the only side pushing to improve ahead of the new season, and there promises to be a thrilling battle for the Champions League qualification spots again this time round.

Meanwhile, the result moves them temporarily a point behind Atalanta and two points adrift of Lazio in fourth as the race for the Europa League qualification spots continues to heat up.

Meanwhile, the club have already been busy this week with the signing Sampdoria striker Eder, as Mancini looks to arrest their current slide which has seen them not only slip off the pace in the race for the Scudetto, but also out of the Champions League qualification spots.

They currently sit outside of the Champions League qualification spots in the Premier League and Serie A respectively, and so the Europa League has undoubtedly taken on additional importance.

The odds still favour Liverpool to make the Champions League qualification spots, and an 18 match unbeaten streak at least counts for progress over the past few months if not much else, indeed, a 1 - 0 loss hardly comes at the cost of all that progress, it is merely a setback, and considering Liverpool's trajectory over the past two and a half years, a setback which we can reasonably hope will be overcome soon enough.

But with Liverpool residing outside of the Champions League qualification spots, and with a lacklustre team, from which key players were departing, it was always going to be a challenge attracting the right type of player to make an immediate improvement to the team.

The Bundesliga is coming to a close as the race for the title and Champions League qualification spots intensifies.

Chelsea are fifth, four points adrift of the Champions League qualification spots, and perhaps need to win the tournament to play in it again next season.

Guardiola's men are now four points ahead of Manchester United in the race for the Champions League qualification spots.

The team, languishing in mid-table obscurity, made a sharp dash for the Champions League qualification spots but were pipped by Malaga in the end.

Not exact matches

While the Blues are just a point above the relegation zone having lost nine of their 16 games so far this season, they are 14 points adrift of Manchester United who currently occupy the fourth and final spot for Champions League qualification.

Having seen Montpellier Herault Sport Club lose to Evian Thonon Gaillard on Saturday, Saint - Etienne will be confident that one of their potential rivals for a Europa League berth has lost valuable ground in the race for the qualification spots.

For their opponents, they're looking to wipe out a five - point deficit to the top four and a qualification spot for the Champions League.

However, it's essential that they do so for their own hopes of breaking into the top four and securing a qualification spot for the Champions League.

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.

Similar with the league, they said we only performed after Christmas when the title was effectively gone — insinuating there is no pressure to recover from your worst start for 30 years to save both professional embarrassment and the UCL qualification spot.

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.

Sterling enjoyed a strong season last term, netting 11 goals in all competitions, and was one of only a handful of players to come out of the 2014/15 campaign with any credit as Brendan Rodgers saw his side failed to retain their spot in the top four and therefore lost out in the race for Champions League qualification.

The former Real Madrid man may prove an easier player to snap up if the Vicente Calderon side fail to secure qualification for either the Champions or Europa League tournaments, something that is a very real possibility with Atletico Madrid sitting in eighth spot in La Liga.

It's hard to say if he's the right man for the job, but as of now, we are still in three competitions, in a qualification spot for Europa League next season and still have an outside shot of climbing to a Champion's League spot.

Also, there is an extra fourth qualification spot for the Europa League available via the Fair Play initiative (if the Premier League ends up in the top three of the Fair Play rankings in Europe, the highest ranked team that has not qualified for European football will automatically qualify for the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round).

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Victory against Chelsea at Turf Moor on Thursday would take them to within five points of last season's champions and lift the Clarets above Arsenal into sixth spot — within reach of securing qualification for the Europa League, which would be a remarkable feat for a club from a town of just 70,000 inhabitants.

Arsenal failed to beat West Brom in the Premier League and are now three points behind Liverpool, who occupy the final CL qualification spot at the moment.

Arsenal virtually secure qualification from Group D of the Champion's League, but blow any chance of rivaling Borussia Dortmund for top spot when they allow Anderlecht to snatch a remarkable draw.

The Gunners are 5th in the premier league and currently chasing qualification for next year's champions league as they are 4 points behind arch rivals Tottenham who occupy 4th spot.

A controversial 3 - 0 defeat at home to Real Madrid saw Ajax pipped to the second Champions League Group D qualification spot by Lyon.

Liverpool have gone 12 games unbeaten in the Premier League as they close in on a top - four spot which would secure Champions League qualification for the second successive year after almost ending the club's 24 - year wait for the title last season.

Those were the words that Mauricio Pochettino told to the media after Tottenham Hotspur managed to defeat Everton on their last match of the season which allowed his team on automatically advancing and earning their qualification spot for the Europa League of the upcoming year.

Rossi bagged 32 goals last season in all competitions as he helped Villarreal to Champions League qualification while also securing a regular starting spot in Cesare Prandelli's Italy team — a performance which initially attracted Barcelona.

Arsenal stumbled against West Brom in their last league game and at the moment, they are 6 points behind Liverpool, who occupy the final CL qualification spot.