Manchester United's hopes of securing Champions League football for next season are all but over following Saturday's 3-1 defeat to Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.
Despite producing a much-improved performance in an attacking sense, United's defensive woes haunted them once again, gift-wrapping the Gunners two of their three goals. Defeat in north London means that the Reds are now six points shy of fourth-place with four games left to play.
Although it is not mathematically impossible for United to still secure a place in the Champions League next season, the Reds' hopes of rubbing shoulders with the likes of Real Madrid and Liverpool in Europe are, according to interim boss Ralf Rangnick, over. Both Arsenal and Spurs have a game in hand over United, but that is against each other.
