so much for champions
League qualification every year!
Arsenal has to show entertaining and flowing football, not become pragmatic and chasing the Champions
League qualification every year.
I agree — if Wenger's level of control is such that the board has no expectations for the club other than to make champions
league qualification every year then the future is miserable and bleak.
Not exact matches
Liverpool's talisman Salah was on absolute fire this afternoon, with the 25 -
year - old's brace being enough to see the Reds keep up the pressure on their rivals in the race for Champions
League qualification.
If Wenger can finally add some steel to the flair in the middle of his defence and the heart of his midfield, Arsenal will be pursuing more than the FA Cup and
qualification for the Champions
League this time next
year.
The Red Devils were in FA Cup action prior to the international break so have a game in hand on some of their rivals at the top of the table, but the race is on to secure
qualification for the Champions
League next
year.
Cut out the woeful performances they are one too many, they've cost us
qualification to the quarter final of the Champions
league in the last 6
years.
I have example to Back my Statement... In 2003 Real Madrid bought Beckham from Man Utd for 25M which highest transfer amount that time and now if look at the transfer then average player also cost for 30 to 35M easily... So it very difficult to know how much we have earned from every
year making Champions
League but yes certainly we must have earned lot because we were 500M debt ridden club when we moved to Emirates Stadium and now we are debt free entity so there is good possibility that we have earn lot from Champions
League qualifications and also from Highbury real estate projects as well....
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.
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.
Inter were taken over by the Suning Group last
year, and although Stefano Pioli has led a mini-revival this season, they will miss out on Champions
League football and remain in a real battle for Europa
League qualification with four games to go.
The 29
year - old also admitted his frustration at having to sit out the Europa
League campaign, which could well be his best shot at
qualification for the Champions
League next term, and with Alexandre Lacazette also out with injury their chances of winning the competition remain strongly in doubt.
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.
Arsenal spent vast sums of money over the past eight months, which suggests that the ambition at the club no longer revolves around
qualification for the Champions
League each
year.
Some of us could say; Arsenal must be near the top of the PL every
year, winning it maybe at least once every 5 - 6
years, never missing Champions
League qualification, and every
year we must be at least one of the final 16 teams in the Champions
League.
Coleman is following the example of his manager, Martinez, who also signed a five -
year extension to his deal this month after a fine first season at Goodison Park saw the Toffees in contention for Champions
League qualification for much of the season.
The 23 -
year - old enjoyed a strong campaign last
year, making 40 appearances in all competitions and scoring five goals and providing three assists to help Liverpool secure Champions
League qualification.
The Gunners could also miss out on Champions
League qualification for the first time in Wenger's 20 -
year tenure.
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.
Stranded in fifth position, seven points behind bitter rivals Manchester United with only four games remaining, Rodgers and co. are almost certain to miss out on Champions
League qualification, in stark contrast to this time last
year when they were still on course for their first title of the Premier
League era, only to miss out to Man City at the death.
Crouch was a major part of Spurs» Champions
League qualification last season and news of his exit is likely to surprise the 29 -
year - old.
But with the turn of the
year, Arsenal's form had a massive dip and by the end of the campaign, we celebrated Champions
League qualification like it was a trophy.
The 30 -
year - old had developed a reputation as one of the most prolific strikers in Europe during his time with Valencia as he bagged 24
league goals during his final season in Spain and was expected help Spurs secure Champions League qualification upon his arrival in England during the 2013 summer transfer w
league goals during his final season in Spain and was expected help Spurs secure Champions
League qualification upon his arrival in England during the 2013 summer transfer w
League qualification upon his arrival in England during the 2013 summer transfer window.
While the likes of Spurs and Liverpool have thrown millions at transfers over the
years just to have the occasional flirt with the Champions
League, Wenger guarantees
qualification with a modest nett spend.
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 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.
Despite everyone's best efforts, the Club has failed to achieve any of its stated targets this
year, with the exception of
qualification for next season's UEFA Champions
League.
Given the top five's blistering form to the beginning of the season, Champions
League qualification now appears solely feasible by winning this
year's edition of the Europa
League.
In the past 5 +
years, Arsenal have put together some incredible springtime runs to secure Champions
League qualification and win FA Cups.
Any Arsenal fan would tell you, if you ask them of course, that this season has been the most disappointing in recent
years, despite the fact that they are in a pretty good position in terms of Champions
League qualification for next campaign, at this stage with the final few weeks to go.
Like Fabregas» Chelsea side, the Red Devils have often been below par in the Premier
League this season, with Louis van Gaal's men facing the potential of missing out on Champions
League qualification for the second time in three
years.
The escapades of last season surely ranks as one of the greatest
years in Bilbao's recent history as they watched their prodigious squad reach two major finals (Europa
League & Copa del Rey) as well as challenge briefly for Champions
League qualification.
But if it fights every
year for Champions
League qualification it's hard psychologically to be under such constant pressure.»
With Champions
League round - of - 16
qualification already taken care of, this could be their last big test of the
year.
Van Gaal intends
qualification for next season's Champions
League to be the first stage of a three -
year process aimed at reclaiming the Premier
League.
The first Liverpool player to win the award in 30
years, Suarez helped bring the glorious Champions
League nights back to Anfield with Liverpool's automatic
qualification into the Champions
League's group stages.
Arsenal fans haven't had a great time this season and its probably the worst one in so many
years, as they didn't earn
qualification for the Champions
League for the next term.
But the 21 -
year - old has told United he isn't interested in going back to Old Trafford - even if Van Gaal's men secure Champions
League qualification.
But has that promise actually come to full fruition now, in a Klopp system that
year - to -
year yearns for Champion's
League qualification and trophy challenges?
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.
It's going to be interesting — we are 100 % out of the title race and our focus needs to be making sure we keep that 3rd place to secure
qualification for next
year's Champions
League.
Celtic struggled to keep pace in the Champions
League group stage last season and will likely fare the same this
year around as they have Bayern Munich to contend with in the race for
qualification as well.
Despite the difficulties they are experiencing at the moment the Rossoneri remain a credible direct rival in this
year's race for Champions
League qualification, so to have them that far behind already (albeit with a very long way still to go) would be a big statement - one that could fire our players up psychologically and deflate theirs.
The three points means Atletico secured Champions
League qualification for a sixth successive season under Diego Simeone, having played in the competition only twice in the previous 16
years before the Argentine took charge.
Is this the same type of selective attention to things like we see when comparing the Eduardo incident last
year (which occurred in a Champion's
league qualification second - leg), and Defoe's blatant handball in the very same situation.
The Premier
League title and Champions
League qualification are both on the agenda when north London's finest renew their intense rivalry for the 38th time in the Barclay's Premier
League era, in a fixture which normally promises a stack load of goals, as Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur lock horns at White Hart Lane on Wednesday night, incidentally where Spurs secured their first north London derby victory in the Premier
League for eleven -
years last season.
Last
year, they were up to fourth and ensured
qualification for the Champions
League.
Our hosts and last
year's Champions have struggled to come even close to last season's ebullience despite making an admirable and successful fist at Champion's
League qualification.
Dutch club AZ are playing after winning the
qualification round and playoff round of Europa
League this
year.