Chelsea, Manchester United and Leicester and maybe Wolverhampton
Wanderers and Sheffield United, too are now fighting for two qualifying spots
instead of three.
Manchester
City's success in overturning its Champions League ban on Monday has huge
ramifications on the Premier League and the remaining two teams that will
qualify for Europe's top club competition.
Chelsea, Manchester United and Leicester and maybe Wolverhampton Wanderers and Sheffield United, too are now fighting for two qualifying spots instead of three with two weeks of the season remaining.
The fight for a
top-five finish has reverted back to needing to be in the top four to join
champion Liverpool and City, already secured in second place, in earning tens
of millions of dollars in UEFA prize money next season.
The most concerned
team is likely to be Leicester.
In the top four
since September and, in December, even looking like the most realistic title
challenger to Liverpool Leicester has imploded, collecting only two wins from
its last 11 league games stretching back to the end of January.
After losing to
relegation-threatened Bournemouth 4-1 on Sunday, Leicester will find itself in
fifth place if Man United beats Southampton on Monday.
United appears
much more likely to secure a top-four finish and return to the Champions
League after a season's absence.
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