Erik ten Hag makes admission about Manchester United's Champions League qualifying chances

Erik ten Hag admits Manchester United must win all eight of their remaining Premier League games to have any chance of qualifying for the Champions League.

United drew with Brentford and lost to Chelsea over the last week by conceding goals in added time and they are 11 points adrift of fourth-placed Aston Villa.

Finishing fifth could secure Champions League qualification if England finish in the top two of the Uefa seasonal coefficients but United are nine points behind Tottenham.

United have failed to qualify for the Champions League four times since Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013 and the club changed manager either during or at the end of those campaigns.

“Yeah, I’ve said it before. But I think so, yeah," Ten Hag admitted when asked if United needed a faultless finale. "In stoppage time this week, we have dropped five points, it is very expensive. Because the points are getting more expensive because the games are running out and we know that.

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"We have to catch up and we are now many points behind, so it will be difficult. But we will keep fighting and I’m sure that you see, our team, they have character. We have seen an example today as well, they are resilient and I’m sure they will be there on Sunday, to be in the fight against Liverpool.

“For me personally, I have to manage the game and I have to manage the team, I meant to say. We see we have qualities. We have some great players. We can be in momentum, we can play very high standards. We have seen today an example and we have seen against Liverpool. We can compete with the best, we can beat the best teams in