{"id":552861,"date":"2020-06-04T15:15:47","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T19:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=552861"},"modified":"2020-06-04T15:15:47","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T19:15:47","slug":"will-manchester-united-achieve-champions-league-qualification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/06\/04\/will-manchester-united-achieve-champions-league-qualification\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Manchester United Achieve Champions League Qualification?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premierleague.com\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Premier League<\/a> has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premierleague.com\/news\/1674011\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> that the current campaign will be resuming from May 17, with <a href=\"http:\/\/ManchesterCityFootball.co\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester City<\/a> v <a href=\"http:\/\/ArsenalFootball.co\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arsenal<\/a> being the first fixture back.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/manchester-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester United<\/a> looked to be sneaking towards a top-four finish before the break. The side&#8217;s form had been rejuvenated since the signing of <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=507c7bdf,9227838e&amp;search=Bruno+Fernandes&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bruno Fernandes<\/a>. They still lie three points behind <a href=\"http:\/\/ChelseaFootball.co\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chelsea<\/a>, who occupy the fourth position.<\/p>\n<h2>Will Manchester United Reach the Champions League?<\/h2>\n<h3>Key Players to Select From<\/h3>\n<p>There are nine games left of the Premier League campaign and although the break from the league had halted some impressive form from the Red Devils, they now have two very important players back from injury.<\/p>\n<p>Both <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/867239d3\/Paul-Pogba?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul Pogba<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/a1d5bd30\/Marcus-Rashford?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marcus Rashford<\/a> are going to be fit for the restart. <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/65cb97b8\/Ole-Gunnar-Solskjaer?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ole Gunnar Solskjaer<\/a> told <a href=\"https:\/\/mutv.manutd.com\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MUTV<\/a>: &#8220;They\u2019re looking good, they\u2019ve joined training now and they\u2019ve done everything the other boys have been doing. No reaction so far, touch wood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we get started, it looks like we can have a full squad to choose from.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United have been guilty of being unable to break down a deep block this season. Five of United&#8217;s eight losses have come against sides in the bottom half of the table.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, with Fernandes, Pogba, Rashford and also <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/8b788c01\/Anthony-Martial?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anthony Martial<\/a>, the United frontline looks incredibly strong for the last nine Premier League games.<\/p>\n<h3>A Good Run In<\/h3>\n<p>The Red Devils&#8217; first match back is against <a href=\"http:\/\/TottenhamFootball.co\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tottenham Hotspur<\/a>. After that, they only face one other top-six club; <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/leicester-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leicester City<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of United&#8217;s fixtures consist of six teams in the bottom half of the table, including <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/brighton-hove-albion\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brighton &amp; Hove Albion<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/aston-villa-club-news-analysis-fixtures\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aston Villa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The majority of United&#8217;s remaining matches are ones which the fans will expect the club to win. Yet, they have been the matches which have given them the most trouble in recent times.<\/p>\n<p>It is quite clear that United have one of the kindest runs of fixtures out of the top six. With <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/chelsea\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chelsea<\/a> still having to play both<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/manchester-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Manchester City<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/LiverpoolFootball.co\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Liverpool<\/a>, United must see this as an opportunity to overtake the Blues.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United are in no way easy runners for the fourth spot. However, with their attack bolstered and the defence solid, they have a great chance of achieving Champions League qualification.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"b2nF19cZQ4Bg3AYkkESdtw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1211178269\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'b2nF19cZQ4Bg3AYkkESdtw',sig:'MCVHNiyIyfp7MFcWsQzRWln-lVrajmNBqWNxXvGFrcE=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1211178269',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Premier League has announced that the current campaign will be resuming from May 17, with Manchester City v Arsenal being the first fixture back. Manchester United looked to be sneaking towards a top-four finish before the break. The side&#8217;s form had been rejuvenated since the signing of Bruno Fernandes. They still lie three points [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3362,"featured_media":552920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,378,2,3],"tags":[4063,86,36,3197,136],"class_list":["post-552861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manchester-united","category-champions-league","category-featured","category-premier-league","tag-2019-20-premier-league","tag-champions-league","tag-manchester-united","tag-ole-gunnar-solskjaer","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Nat Goodlad, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3362"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=552861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/552920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}