Manchester United currently sit six points from fourth-placed Tottenham with seven games to go in the race for the top four.
The club have massively underperformed this season and are now big outsiders in the race for the final Champions League spot. United still have Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool to play amid arguably one of the toughest run-ins.
Arsenal seemed destined for a fourth spot finish going into the international break last month. But defeats to Crystal Palace and Brighton have since allowed an in-form Tottenham side to leapfrog them by three points, having played a game more but with a greater goal difference.