Sentences with phrase «remaining champions league places»

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The Gunners need to win both of their remaining Premier League matches to have any hope of reaching the Champions League places, and first they will have to take all three points from their home tie against the already - relegated Sunderland.

The Premier League champions remain in 14th place in the table, as they also continue to sit just four points above Newcastle United in 18th.

The Belgian is currently on loan at St Mary's from La Liga champions Atlético Madrid and has helped the Saints to an impressive season in the Barclays Premier League, as they look to clinch a place in Europe, but it appears the 26 - year - old is not interested at the possibility of remaining on the south coast beyond the end of the current campaign.

They managed a credible 0 - 0 draw away at Arsenal on Monday evening, but it remains to be seen whether they are yet credible contenders for a Champions League place.

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.

He has scored on his last two games for the Reds against Queens Park Rangers and Chelsea, but unfortunately those goals don't look like being enough to secure Champions League football for his boyhood club next season as they currently trail fourth placed Manchester United by six points with two games remaining but have an inferior goal difference.

Answer me this: does a team that screwed up their CL group stage to finish 2nd, got embarrassed in the CL last 16, got sent packing in the Carling Cup at HOME, bottled 2nd place in the league with 4 games remaining, and finished 12 points behind the domestic champions have everything in place squadwise to compete on all fronts?

While Marseille remain only five points of leaders Paris Saint - Germain, they have dropped out of the Champions League places after Monaco leapfrogged them following their convincing victory against Caen on Friday evening.

Make no mistake; the bookmakers believe that Arsenal and Manchester United remain genuine outsiders for a Champions League place, with the Gunners priced at an average of 15/8 to finish in the top four.

With Inter continuing to battle for a Champions League spot this season, it remains to be seen if failure to book a place at Europe's top table has an adverse effect on their ability to keep him at the San Siro, but according to Calciomercato the fear of losing him is growing.

Louis van Gaal's charges remain three points adrift of the Champions League places after this slip up.

To his credit, it has resulted in positive results on the pitch as Man City boast a 16 - point lead at the top of the Premier League table while they booked their place in the League Cup final and remain in the hunt for the FA Cup and Champions League this season.

Louis van Gaal's side remain five points adrift of fourth - placed Arsenal with four games remaining this season as they continue to fight for a chance to qualify for the Champions League.

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.

It remains to be seen whether or not they deliver this weekend, while there's also the desire to move further clear of fifth - placed Chelsea to really ensure that they're safely going to qualify for the Champions League next season.

The Blues failed to close the gap on second - place AS Roma, remaining level with Lazio on 46 points in fourth - place, and the defeat could have delivered a huge dent to their Champions League hopes next season.

The Gunners are now just four points behind Man City, and with six fixtures of the season remaining, Wenger's side still stand a good chance of continuing to defy doubters and finish inside the Champions League places, with the best price on a top - four finish 11/2.

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.

I too don't count myself in any of those categories, but remain a frustrated fan that can see we will never attract the top top players precisely because of our obsession with our target — a Champions League place, and that is mediocrity relative to targeting top place like the big spenders do.

Arsenal face relegation - threatened Norwich City at the Emirates tomorrow as we continue our fight to remain in the Champions League places.

Manchester City's title success leaves four clubs battling for the remaining three Champions League qualifying places, although one of those will need a collapse by one of the teams above them if they are to force their way in.

Chelsea need reinforcements ahead of their return to the Champions League, while Lazio remain an appealing proposition with Simone Inzaghi leading his men to fourth place in Serie A last season as they look set to try and push on and get into the top three in Italy next year.

Chelsea remain in fifth place, though, and will fall four points off the Champions League places should Tottenham Hotspur beat Bournemouth on Sunday, but Cahill is refusing to give up the chase for the top four.

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.

For Van Gaal's part, he is continuing as if he will see out the remaining year of his contract and to have any chance of staying in charge next season, he will surely have to guide United into a Champions League place in their final two matches.

Intro: Qualification for the promised land of Champions League football doesn't come much finer than on goal difference with two minutes of the entire season remaining, but thanks to Swedish holding midfielder Pontus Wernbloom's dramatic goal against Rostov, the Army Men just managed to pip Krasnodar to the second place available at Europe's top table.

Walter Mazzarri's men, who are already guaranteed a place in next year's Champions League after a long wait of 21 years, remained calm and composed in spite of constant pressure being exerted from Del Piero and Toni and regained the lead in the 70th minute through Lucarelli's precise header.

It remains to be seen whether this can provide the momentum needed to push on and regain a Champions League place, but it has certainly increased optimism around the club.

The reigning Premier League champions remain in 16th place in the table after 12 games having lost seven already this season to leave them with just 11 points.

Fifth placed Tottenham went into the weekend just four points behind Man United, with the remaining three Champions League spots seemingly being contested by the four sides sandwiched between City and Arsenal.

While Roma has had third place sewed up for a couple of weeks now, second place, and the automatic berth in the Champions League group stage that comes with it, remains up for grabs as Napoli is only two excruciating points ahead of Roma.

Both team were in a fight for the Champions league places until the end of the last season, but Man Utd in the end booked their place while the Spurs remained on the fifth place.

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With 11 matches remaining and, depending on the outcome of the Milan derby, only two points separating fifth through third place, Roma are in for the fight of their lives to lockdown a Champions League place next season.

Liverpool are fourth in the Premier League table at the moment, with 56 points from 29 matches: but will they remain in the Champions League places at the end of the season?

They remain in a Champions League position, but Tottenham are building momentum in 5th place and five doesn't go into four.

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.

Spurs remain in fifth place in the league but are now 1 point off a Champions League spot and their rivals Arleague but are now 1 point off a Champions League spot and their rivals ArLeague spot and their rivals Arsenal.

«We just need to win all of the remaining matches to earn a place in the Champions League,» said Brazilian midfielder Giuliano.

No matter that Juventus is in a great rush, visitors from Rome, also have high expectations from this derby, because only with a new point (this) remain in the race for third place, which leads to the Champions League.

Whether we can slice teams open so easily in the Premier League remains to be seen, but, without getting carried away, there was plenty to be encouraged by as United confirmed their place in the Champions League group stages.

United are currently in second place on the Premier League table with four matches remaining and have all but secured their place in next season's UEFA Champions League.

Needless to say, despite closing it out with 10 men after Carlos Sanchez was sent off late on, then Villa manager Tim Sherwood enjoyed a happy return to his former stomping ground to leave Spurs in seventh place and seven points off the final remaining Champions League spot.

Fans attending last week's fantastic Champions League victory agaist Borussia Dortmund at Wembley might not even be aware, but that April day we travelled to Yorkshire in 17th place, just one place and two points above Barnsley with only four matches remaining.