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Jamie Carragher believes that Nottingham Forest will miss the qualification in the Champions League after their overwhelming defeat by Brentford.
The former Liverpool defender believes that the last place will be disputed by Aston Villa and Chelsea, while Manchester City and Newcastle will easily progress.
Indeed, Carragher supported City and the Magpies to finish before Arsenal, which remains in the competition and goes to Paris in the semi-final in the second stage next week.
“I still think Newcastle and Manchester City can actually catch Arsenal,” he said on Sky Sports. “Just with the situation that Arsenal has in the Champions League, Bournemouth at home will not be easy, then they go to Anfield, they must also play in Newcastle. It’s a brilliant race.
“Aston Villa must win in the next two games to give itself a chance to fight.”
City moved to third place after a 1-0 victory against the Wolves on Friday evening, ten points from the villa who have a match in hand. Villa has just come out of a miserable week after having undergone a devastating defeat of the last program at Etihad before crashing with the FA Cup.
Jamie Carragher thinks that the Nottingham forest is out of racing for the qualification of the Champions League
The Nuno Espirito Santo team has undergone an overwhelming defeat of Brentford 2-0 and has lost three of its last four games
Carragher believes that Chelsea will find it difficult to qualify because their list of stimulating games which include clashes against Liverpool, Newcastle and Forest
But he finally thinks that the final qualification point will be a direct shooting between the Blues and Aston Villa
The men of UAI Emery undoubtedly have the most difficult lights, but the progress of Tottenham and Manchester United – their last two opponents – in the Europa League can work in their favor.
“Playing Spurs and Manchester United in their last two games could also come across their lap in terms of final of the Europa League,” he added. “I think it will go directly to the thread. I don’t think the Nottingham forest will do it now, Villa could make a late push. I always think that Chelsea will have trouble looking at their lights.
The Blues slate includes clashes against the newly crowned Premier League champions Liverpool, United and its colleagues hunters of the Newcastle and Forest Champions League on the last day.
Last month, the OPTA supercomputer predicted that City, Newcastle and Forest would join Liverpool and Arsenal in the first five.
The villa has the next hope of playing because they welcome Fulham to Villa Park on Saturday afternoon.
