Guardiola To 'fight Until End' - The Race For Europe

Manchester City leader Pep Guardiola says his broadside will person to "fight until nan end" successful nan title to unafraid a Champions League spot aft slipping up connected Saturday.

City could person taken a immense measurement towards sealing a top-five spot, but drew 0-0 astatine stone bottommost Southampton.

They are now only 2 points supra Newcastle and Chelsea - who meet connected Sunday - positive Aston Villa, who hit Bournemouth connected Saturday evening.

Seventh-placed Nottingham Forest, who play relegated Leicester connected Sunday, are 4 points down City.

After nan Saints draw, Guardiola said his broadside had 3 cup finals near - including adjacent weekend's existent FA Cup last against Crystal Palace.

"I didn't expect otherwise from a period ago, that it's a conflict until nan end," he said.

City could find themselves extracurricular nan Champions League places earlier they play successful nan convention again (against Bournemouth connected Tuesday, 20 May) - because astir of their rivals will person played erstwhile aliases doubly earlier then.

Only champions Liverpool have sealed a Champions League spot truthful acold but second-placed Arsenal, who sojourn Anfield connected Sunday, will dream to soon subordinate them.

There will beryllium 9 Premier convention teams competing successful Europe adjacent play - up from nan accustomed 7 - but things could alteration successful nan last weeks of nan campaign.

Crystal Palace, who are 12th, would suffice for nan Europa League if they triumph nan FA Cup final.

Brentford, Brighton, Bournemouth, and to a lesser grade Fulham, are each vying for eighth spot which mightiness beryllium enough.

The Bees are successful eighth, supra Albion connected extremity difference, 2 points up of nan Cherries and 4 clear of nan Cottagers.

Brentford leader Thomas Frank, aft a 1-0 triumph astatine Ipswich, told BBC Sport: "We person sewage nan momentum which is important.

"We are adjacent to finishing eighth which would beryllium nan champion position ever successful nan league. We are laser focused connected what we tin do. We person fixed very small distant but still created a lot.

"We conscionable request to push and bask it, nan adjacent 2 games, and past reset our target."

Manchester United and Tottenham meet successful nan Europa League last pinch nan winners qualifying for nan Champions League.

Statisticians Opta springiness Arsenal a 99.7% chance of qualifying for nan Champions League.

They springiness a 91.2% chance for City, 69.4% dream for Newcastle and 67.9% for Chelsea.

For Forest it's 37.8% and for Villa it's 34.2%.

Liverpool: Arsenal (H); Brighton (A); Crystal Palace (H)

Arsenal: Liverpool (A); Newcastle (H); Southampton (A)

Manchester City: Bournemouth (H); Fulham (A)

Newcastle: Chelsea (H); Arsenal (A); Everton (H)

Chelsea: Newcastle (A); Manchester United (H); Nottingham Forest (A)

Aston Villa: Tottenham (H); Manchester United (A)

Nottingham Forest: Leicester (H); West Ham (A); Chelsea (H)

Brentford: Fulham (H); Wolves (A)

Brighton: Liverpool (H); Tottenham (A)

Bournemouth: Manchester City (A); Leicester (H)

Fulham: Brentford (A); Manchester City (H)

There will beryllium 9 English teams successful European competitions adjacent play - pinch six successful nan Champions League.

England sewage an other spot because of their teams' performances successful Europe this play - and different 1 because of nan make-up of nan Europa League final.

Manchester United and Tottenham meet successful nan last connected Wednesday, 28 May successful Bilbao - pinch nan victor guaranteed a Champions League spot.

But since neither broadside tin suffice for Europe done their convention position, that will beryllium a prize spot.

A maximum of 3 Premier League teams could beryllium competing successful nan Europa League adjacent season.

The squad who decorativeness sixth and nan FA Cup winners are nan 2 presently owed to get a spot.

However, if nan cup winners person already secured a European place, it will past spell to nan adjacent highest placed broadside who person not qualified for Europe.

A 3rd spot could beryllium awarded if Chelsea triumph nan Conference League and neglect to suffice for nan Champions League.

The Blues look Real Betis successful nan last connected Wednesday, 21 May successful Wroclaw.

If Chelsea hit Betis and decorativeness successful nan apical five, location would beryllium 2 English teams successful nan Europa League and 1 successful nan Conference League.

There would usually beryllium 1 Conference League spot awarded to a Premier League team.

As things guidelines that will spell to Carabao Cup winners Newcastle, but that could alteration if Eddie Howe's broadside suffice for nan Champions League aliases nan Europa League (so decorativeness successful nan apical six astatine least).

In that script seventh spot would beryllium a Conference League spot if Crystal Palace triumph nan FA Cup.

If Manchester City triumph nan FA Cup and suffice for Europe done nan league, past nan squad successful eighth spot will caput into nan Conference League.

However arsenic mentioned above, if Chelsea triumph nan Conference League but do not decorativeness successful nan apical 5 past location will nary English teams successful adjacent season's competition.