How Liverpool can get into Europe with Leicester match

Jacque Talbot

• 15 May 2023 19:15 BST
• 3 min read

Liverpool will automatically enter the Europa League with a win over Leicester City tonight.

The Reds have a faint chance of getting into the Champions League ahead of their encounter with the Foxes, with still three Premier League matches to play.

But they are guaranteed a spot in the Europa League if they are able to overcome Leicester at the King Power Stadium.

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Should they pick up all three points, it means that Tottenham and Aston Villa will have no hope of reaching the tournament.

The Red currently sit in fifth place in the table on 62 points - four points off Newcastle and Manchester United, who are placed in third and fourth respectively.

Dean Smith’s club are looking down the barrel of relegation, currently sitting in 19th place. But should they win tonight, they will leapfrog Everton, who have already played a game more, and take up the 17th spot.

It will be a tall order - Liverpool have been on a tremendous run recently. They have won their last six Premier League games, and they are now with a fighting chance of landing a spot in Europe’s biggest competition for next season.

Klopp on UCL chances

"I knew weeks ago it was completely out of sight," Klopp said of his side's top-four chances at a recent press conference.

"I couldn't see it at all, but that did not mean we would not try to get closer. That's the only thing we did, we got closer."

"Everyone involved will never forget it in our entire lives," he said. "That means it is part of us and, you are right, we were around when miracles happened, that is true, but it was then still in our hands. "Now we have to win but that does not mean anything changes because the other teams could win all their games."