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Uplay365: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side sit in fifth with three Premier League games remaining as they look to secure a lucrative top-four finish

Manchester United’s draw with Southampton on Monday means that the race to finish in the Premier League’s top four and secure Champions League qualification is on a knife edge with three games to play.

The good news for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side is that their fate remains in their hands. Win all three remaining games – including a clash against Leicester City on the final day – and that lucrative fourth spot will be theirs.

Of course they could be given an earlier boost should either Brendan Rodgers’ side or Chelsea drop points in their own final fixtures, but three wins from three against Crystal Palace, West Ham and Leicester will confirm United return to Europe’s elite club competition. Visit Here

“If we’re talking about goal difference then the defenders have done their jobs, but we created chances and we could have scored three, four or five more,” Solskjaer said after United beat Aston Villa 3-0 last week.

“Of course you’re happy with the way in which we create chances but you have to be more clinical.”

Since the restart United have had 80 shots in six league games, scoring 17 of those chances. It is difficult to pick fault in a team that has created so many opportunities, but had just one more of their eight shots gone in against Southampton on Monday they would find themselves in a more favourable position going into Thursday night’s clash at Selhurst Park.

Squandering chances has been a common theme since the restart. Even when United fired five past Bournemouth, it could have been 10.

It is unlikely that the race for fourth will come down to goal difference, but should it do so, those missed opportunities may come back to haunt Solskjaer and his squad.Visit Here