{"id":407965,"date":"2011-04-29T15:35:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-29T15:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/29\/tottenham-can-still-finish-fourth-but-so-could-arsenal-chelsea-boss-carlo-ancelotti-believes-final-champions-league-spot-is-an-open-battle\/"},"modified":"2011-04-29T15:35:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-29T15:35:00","slug":"tottenham-can-still-finish-fourth-but-so-could-arsenal-chelsea-boss-carlo-ancelotti-believes-final-champions-league-spot-is-an-open-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/29\/tottenham-can-still-finish-fourth-but-so-could-arsenal-chelsea-boss-carlo-ancelotti-believes-final-champions-league-spot-is-an-open-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham can still finish fourth, but so could Arsenal &#8211; Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti believes final Champions League spot is an open battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Sam Bisby<\/h3>\n<h4>29 Apr 2011 16:35:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"113.852707308\">\n<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Carlo Ancelotti, Chelsea\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/d95beea4128910_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Carlo Ancelotti, Chelsea<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"divAdnetKeyword\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/96\/chelsea\">Chelsea<\/a> boss <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/italy\/59\/carlo-ancelotti\">Carlo Ancelotti<\/a> insists that Saturday\u2019s opponents <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/105\/tottenham\">Tottenham<\/a> could still finish in the final <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2914\/champions-league\">Champions League<\/a> place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a must-win game for the Blues, Ancelotti has told his players not to take anything for granted as they prepare to take on Harry Redknapp\u2019s side in a match that the Spurs manager will also be looking to take all three points.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Spurs record at Stamford Bridge does not favour them, with just one win from their last 10 matches on their local rivals&#8217; turf.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The gap between Redknapp\u2019s men and current fourth place occupiers Manchester City has grown to four points with the north Londoners dropping points of late.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>With a tough run-in till the end of the season and games against Chelsea, Liverpool and City still to come, the odds are stacked against Redknapp&#8217;s side.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>However, Ancelotti believes Spurs can still take the place from the north west team.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;They are involved in the fight for fourth place,\u201d he told reporters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;They will try to do everything against us because now they have a gap to close to Man City.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A win against Spurs will help keep the Blues hot on the heels of Manchester United, while the Italian boss will be hoping fellow London side Arsenal can do them a favour when they take the league leaders on in Sunday\u2019s showdown.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Gunners are just five points clear of City, who have a game in hand, after a crushing defeat last weekend at Bolton.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A fourth place finish for any team does not guarantee a place in the Champions League group stages, with teams needing to go through a qualifying round, something the Gunners could do without.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Ancelotti said: &#8220;I think Arsenal will do their best to win. They have less chance to fight for the title. But I think Man City behind them is closer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;If you arrive third, you don&#8217;t have to play the preliminary of the Champions League.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Meanwhile, Ancelotti has his own battle with the Red Devils to worry about a week on Sunday and knows it will be a crucial clash.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe have to do our job and our job is to win against Tottenham,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;It will not be easy because Tottenham is a very good team, very strong.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;But I think that we want to keep open the Premier League until the last minute.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Obviously, we have to beat Manchester United, we have to beat Tottenham. We want to fight until the last minute of this Premier League.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/3b4e10aebeacon.dll_200.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read the rest here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/04\/29\/2463848\/tottenham-can-still-finish-fourth-but-so-could-arsenal\" title=\"Tottenham can still finish fourth, but so could Arsenal - Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti believes final Champions League spot is an open battle\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tottenham can still finish fourth, but so could Arsenal &#8211; Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti believes final Champions League spot is an open battle<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Sam Bisby 29 Apr 2011 16:35:00 Carlo Ancelotti, Chelsea Related Links Teams Players Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti insists that Saturday\u2019s opponents Tottenham could still finish in the final Champions League place. In a must-win game for the Blues, Ancelotti has told his players not to take anything for granted as they prepare to take on Harry Redknapp\u2019s side in a match that the Spurs manager will also be looking to take all three points. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":407966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-407965","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tottenham can still finish fourth, but so could Arsenal - Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti believes final Champions League spot is an open battle - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/29\/tottenham-can-still-finish-fourth-but-so-could-arsenal-chelsea-boss-carlo-ancelotti-believes-final-champions-league-spot-is-an-open-battle\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Tottenham can still finish fourth, but so could Arsenal - Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti believes final Champions League spot is an open battle - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Sam Bisby 29 Apr 2011 16:35:00 Carlo Ancelotti, Chelsea Related Links Teams Players Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti insists that Saturday\u2019s opponents Tottenham could still finish in the final Champions League place. 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