Overview
- United's Champions League odds improved after Tuesday's 1-0 Arsenal win over Sporting secured UEFA's European Performance Spot, which guarantees at least five Premier League clubs in next season's competition.
- Holland said the staff want players focused on winning each match and on finishing as close to the top as possible, not on the teams behind them.
- Since Michael Carrick took charge in mid-January, United have climbed to third, opened a seven-point lead over sixth-placed Chelsea, and still trail leaders Arsenal by roughly 15 points.
- The squad used a rare 24-day gap between games to hold an intensive training camp outside Dublin to prepare for the decisive stretch.
- A seven-game finish starts April 13 against Leeds and includes Chelsea, Brentford, Liverpool, Sunderland, Brighton and Nottingham Forest.