On May 26, Beijing time, in the 32nd round of Premier League play-offs, Manchester United swept Chelsea 4-1, thus locking in the top four and qualifying for next season's Champions League! At this point, the Premier League Champions League places for next season have all been released.
As we all know, the Premier League has 4 Champions League tickets, and Manchester City, who won the title early, have taken one first, and Arsenal, who have been competing with the Blue Moon, are no exception. As for the third one, Newcastle, who have risen to prominence this season, also locked in the top four after drawing with Brighton in the early hours of yesterday morning, qualifying for the Champions League for the first time in 20 years!
The final suspense belongs to Manchester United and Liverpool. Before the game, the Reds led by three points from one game less, and with two rounds remaining, they only needed to take one more point. This time at home to Chelsea, who have long missed out on European competition, Ten Hag's team became more and more courageous, the opening 6 minutes were blitzed by Casemiro, before the end of the first half Martial went down, and the second half B fee penalty scored, Rashford icing on the cake, and finally won a big victory!
In this way, after 37 rounds, Manchester United has accumulated 72 points, has risen to third, 6 points ahead of fifth-place Liverpool, locked the top four in one round in advance, and got a ticket to the Champions League! Liverpool missed out on the Champions League.
Those who represent the Premier League in the Champions League in 2023-24 are: Manchester City, Arsenal, Manchester United, Newcastle. It is worth mentioning that even if the Blue Moon wins this season's Champions League, since they themselves have already qualified for the Champions League through the league ranking, the fifth Premier League will not be replaced.