After a disappointing last home game of the season that was greeted with boos and jeers, Arsenal looked to bounce back after their defeat to Villa with 3 points against Fulham that would have given them the slimmest of chances of qualifying for
the automatic Champions League spot
Two local derby draws have destroyed our chances of catching Leicester (or Tottenham by the looks of things) and we now have to fight Man City for
the automatic Champions League spot.
Into his first season as United boss, Louis van Gaal can make a major statement here if his side condemn the visitors to yet another defeat in this awful recent run of theirs which has seen the title and even
an automatic Champions League spot slip away from them.
The result gives Wolfsburg an impressive nine - point cushion on
an automatic Champions League spot.
Not exact matches
While the rest of the
spots for the
Champions League and Europa
League were tightly contested, Bayern won the title at a canter - they finished a good 15 points ahead of surprise packages Leipzig, who managed to get an
automatic spot in the
Champions League in their first season after promotion.
However, Roma commanded that
automatic UEFA
Champions League Spot and the Giallorossi's 3 - 2 win against Genoa meant Napoli's victory meant nothing.
Shakhtar were comfortable
league winners in 2016/17, finishing well above nearest rivals Dynamo Kyiv to seal an automatic spot in the group stages of the 2017/18 Champions L
league winners in 2016/17, finishing well above nearest rivals Dynamo Kyiv to seal an
automatic spot in the group stages of the 2017/18
Champions LeagueLeague.
However ending up one point behind the Giallorossi also cost the Partenopei an
automatic spot in the group stages of the
Champions League - they will now have to play the qualifying rounds.
This is a big game for the home side as they are struggling to compete for an
automatic spot back in the
Champions League next season.
No longer cast the lurking challengers down in fifth hoping to snag a low key finish in the
automatic qualification
spots for the
Champions League group stages, Mauricio Pochettino's side are hitting form at the perfect moment to strike out at and close the gap on leaders Chelsea.