Gary Neville predicts where Manchester United and Chelsea will finish this season

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Michael Carrick is on course for an impressive finish this season (Picture: Getty Images) Gary Neville feels he ‘definitely’ knows where Manchester United will finish this season and is pretty confident on Chelsea’s fate, but hopes they do worse than he predicts. Five teams are likely to get Champions League football next season, so the battle is on to finish in the top five, with Liverpool in fifth and Chelsea now lagging behind in sixth.

Sign up here, it's an open goal. ‘I think United will definitely finish third,’ the Manchester United legend said on Sky Sports’ The Gary Neville Podcast. ‘I can’t believe I’m saying that from where they were six weeks ago. I hope Villa finish in the top five, I really do.

If they get some players back; midfield players being injured have cost them in the last few weeks. ‘I just think it will Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea. They’re vulnerable in terms of the Champions League places.’ Aston Villa’s title dreams have evaporated but Unai Emery can still make the Champions League (Picture: Getty Images) Chelsea’s 2-1 defeat at Arsenal on Sunday made it three games without a win for Liam Rosenior’s side, having drawn with Leeds and Burnley in their previous two outings.