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BBC News
21-04-2025
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'They just get the job done'
In many ways, the boring 1-0 win away to Leicester City encapsulates Liverpool's season. They just get the job was not exhilarating, it was not always fluid, but it was a win with a clean sheet, and three more points on the road to the inevitable actually played well enough to win this game much more easily, but the finishing was poor. A new striker in the summer is an absolute idea that Liverpool have only won because the Premier League is a poor one, however, makes no Arsenal side who beat Real Madrid 5-1 on aggregate are 13 points behind. Seventh-placed Aston Villa pushed PSG all the way over two legs and have won five on the trot with huge names signed in January. Two teams in the bottom half, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur, are in the semi-finals of the Europa are good sides with strong, tactical managers all the way down the table; Liverpool have just been much, much more the idea that Liverpool have not had injuries? Alisson - starting goalkeeper, Trent Alexander-Arnold - starting right-back, and Diogo Jota - starting forward, have all missed months of football. Arne Slot has just found a way to keep winning, unlike his either Wednesday or Sunday, this title will be more from Jordan Chamberlain at Empire of the Kop, external
BBC News
26-01-2025
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- BBC News
Will Premier League get extra Champions League spot?
In years gone by, the 'race for the top four' in the Premier League has been a byword for Champions League that could change this season, with the Premier League leading the race to earn a fifth spot in Europe's premier club was the case last season, Uefa will award two bonus spots in the 2025-26 Champions League to the domestic leagues which perform best in Europe this does it mean?Supporters of Bournemouth, Newcastle and Nottingham Forest could be cheering on Manchester City, Aston Villa and Manchester United as we head into the final group-stage matches in the Champions League and Europa is even a scenario that could give English clubs seven Champions League places next Let us explain... How can leagues earn extra Champions League spot? Each league earns a coefficient ranking based on how their teams perform in points are earned through match results - two for a win and one for a points earned by clubs from the same domestic league are added up and divided by the number of clubs the league has in example, if the Premier League had 100 points, that would be split by the number of teams playing in Europe (seven) and give England a coefficient of season bonus points are available to clubs playing in the Champions League, which is advantageous to leagues with more clubs competing in it, such as Germany and countries that finish in the top two of the coefficient table earn an additional Champions League spots are awarded to the teams which finish in the first position below the Champions League allocation in those the Premier League, the top four clubs qualify for the Champions League via league position, so any additional spot would go to the team in season the additional spots were given to Bologna and Borussia Dortmund, who finished fifth in Serie A and the Bundesliga respectively. Who is leading the coefficient table? As of 26 January, England is leading the coefficient table. Premier League clubs have built up the most points and have the highest average.1. England - points: 100; average: 14.342. Italy - points: 88; average: 11.053. Spain - points: 82; average: 11.774. France - points: 66 average: 10.945. Germany - points: 79 - average: 9.88According to Opta, there is a 98% chance that the Premier League will earn an additional place in next season's Champions League. Which Premier League team could get bonus spot? Should the Premier League earn an additional spot, the team finishing fifth this season will qualify for the 2025-26 Champions that is there is an 14-point gap between Arsenal in second and Fulham in 10th, meaning the race for the top five is very much Nottingham Forest are having a sensational season and Opta predictions give them a 44% chance of finishing in the top fifth place earn a Champions League spot, Forest's chances of qualification increase to 63%.Opta gives Newcastle a 27% chance of finishing in the top four and 45% in the top five, with Bournemouth at 13% and 26% the Premier League earn five Champions League places, there will still be two places available in the Europa League and one in the Conference League next season. What about the Europa League winners? The winners of the Europa League are granted a Champions League previous rules, one league could have a maximum of five clubs in the Champions that rule has been season any team that win the Europa League but do not qualify for the Champions League via their domestic league position will go into the Champions League - as well as the domestic raises the possibility of Manchester United or Tottenham, who are both unlikely to qualify for the Champions League via their Premier League position, winning the Europa League to enter the Champions League alongside the top five. What about the Champions League winners? Now we're getting winners of the Champions League are guaranteed a place in next season's rare occasions, teams have won the Champions League but finished outside the qualification places in their domestic league - as Chelsea did in finished sixth in the Premier League but earned a Champions League place at the expense of fourth-placed Tottenham because there was a four-club limit from one if, for example, Manchester City win the Champions League this season but finish outside the qualification places in the Premier League, they will earn a place alongside those teams who qualify through league means the Premier League could theoretically have seven teams in next season's Champions League - the top five in the table, the winners of this season's Champions League and the winners of the Europa League.
