Liverpool legend Mark Lawrenson has tipped Man Utd to complete within the high 4 of the Premier League this season “come what may”.
The Pink Devils’ kind has been up and down all season with a poor run of outcomes costing Ole Gunnar Solskjaer his job earlier within the marketing campaign.
Ralf Rangnick hasn’t fared too a lot better however a latest 2-0 victory over Brighton has seen them climb into fourth place within the Premier League desk.#
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West Ham in fifth are two factors behind on the identical quantity of factors however different rivals Arsenal, Wolves and Tottenham all have at the least two video games in hand on Man Utd.
Nonetheless, Lawrenson reckons Man Utd can have sufficient to recover from the road and end fourth within the Premier League this time period.
“Arsenal have gotten video games in hand however I simply really feel that generally, when the strain is on them, they collapse a bit,” Lawrenson stated on BBC Sport.
“Tottenham are dropping video games and dropping floor, and the issue for West Ham is that they don’t have the most important squad. Wolves are outsiders too, due to their lack of targets.
“The highest three will keep clear and I simply suppose that, come what may, Manchester United are going to get fourth place. They’re nonetheless choosing up factors even when the way in which they’re taking part in is completely unconvincing for the time being.”
It could be a job nicely performed for Rangnick – who will make means for a everlasting supervisor on the finish of the season – to get Man Utd into the Champions League this season.
“Proper now, that is precisely what Manchester United wants and needs – to complete fourth within the league,” Rangnick stated earlier this week.
“That is the best doable achievement we are able to get. The Champions League, to proceed, [that is] not a straightforward one. [But] within the league, it’s quantity 4, that’s what now we have to realize and what we’re aiming at.
Rangnick has misplaced simply one in every of his 12 matches in cost. He added: “It [not finishing in the top four] has at all times been a priority since Ole left the membership.
“That was one of many explanation why he in all probability needed to depart the membership and naturally outcomes like [drawing with Southampton ] doesn’t make issues any simpler.
“That is what now we have to face. We have now to understand the reality and clearly with outcomes like this it doesn’t make it any simpler to complete fourth on the finish.”