Thierry Henry has told Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta that he will have failed if they do not finish in the top four this season.
The Gunners currently sit sixth in the Premier League table, four points behind fourth-placed Manchester United but with three games in hand on the Red Devils while boasting a superior goal difference, meaning Arsenal's fate is still in their own hands.
And the Gunners' hopes of qualifying for the Champions League were boosted further over the weekend when rivals Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham and Wolverhampton Wanderers all failed to make ground while Arteta and co did not play.