The Premier League has two extra Champions League places compared to Normal next season after victories for Manchester United and Tottenham on Thursday evening
Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur will be confronted later this month in the Europa League final in Bilbao, making the Premier League a place in the Champions League. The couple navigated its way through the semi -final and will now meet each other on May 21.
It is an opportunity for Ruben Amorim and Ange Postecoglou, in which both teams are still able to finish as low as 17th in the Premier League after disastrous domestic campaigns. Winning the Europa League offers Champions League qualification, with United of Spurs now to take that route to the competition.
Both sides protected first legs leads when Spurs then claimed a 2-0 win over Bodo/Glimt in Norway to achieve a 5-1 aggregated success. In the meantime, United worked before he achieved a 4-1 win in the last 20 minutes to prevail a total of 7-1.
The final is only the sixth time that a large European final has been disputed by two English teams and has a valued possession on the line. Something that is not lost on Ruben Amorim.
“I'm just worried about the next game and try not to get any injuries for the final,” said the United Boss. “If we don't win the final, this doesn't mean anything to us.
“We must have a complete team [against Tottenham ]Stay in the game and have a little luck and we have to be clinical.
“It's pretty similar to me and ange [Postecoglou]. It's a difficult moment [for us both] And one of us is going to win. It will be a big final and we will try to win. “
The Premier League was already in the rare position to enable five teams to qualify for Europe's top match next season. Liverpool has protected their place, with Arsenal, Manchester City, Newcastle, Chelsea, Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa all fighting for the remaining places.
Traditionally, the top four teams have earned a place in the Champions League. But thanks to the versions of Premier League clubs in UEFA's competitions this season, the division is guaranteed to be a top two place in the UEFA Association Club Coëfficiërlijst from UEFA.
It secures a “European performance place” for the competition, and as a result an extra qualifying place for the competition.
The Premier League has previously earned five places in 2017/18. Manchester United saw that opportunity qualifying despite ending the top four.
Their Europa League victory earned them a place alongside Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City and Spurs in the competition. All five clubs reached the knockout phase, making England ever the first nation ever made with five teams in the last 16 of the competition.