How Liverpool could benefit from extra Champions League spot despite draw concern
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Liverpool Echo IconSportFootballLiverpool FCNeed to knowLiverpool currently sit sixth in the Premier League but still have Champions League qualification in their own handsLiverpool have two routes to qualify for next season's Champions League(Image: MB Media, Getty Images)Here's everything you need to know about how Liverpool can qualify for next season's Champions League:UEFA's extra spots: Since moving to the league phase format, UEFA has begun awarding two extra Champions League places each season to the nations whose clubs have the best results in Europe during the previous campaign. Premier League clubs' results in the Champions League, Europa League or Conference League all have an impact on the entire league's coefficient.How points are worked out: Total points accumulated by all participating clubs from a nation are divided by the number of teams that nation fielded in Europe.
This occurred last season, when England produced both Europa League finalists as well as Conference League winners Chelsea, and odds are it will happen again with England well clear of the chasing pack after the knockout play-off round.How England could lose their fifth spot: For England to fall out of the top two, two of the chasing nations would need to surpass them, with Germany, Spain and Italy bunched together and best-placed to overtake the Premier League. The Premier League already holds four guaranteed places, so this would add a fifth, with Newcastle United having benefited from this arrangement last season.How this affects Liverpool: Slot's team are sixth in the league at the time of writing but they're level on points with fifth-place Chelsea and just three points behind Manchester United in fourth.
Any of these three sides could easily end up in fifth position and need help from their rivals.The Reds' alternative route: Clubs can also secure Champions League qualification by winning this season's Champions League or Europa League while finishing further down the league table. Liverpool have done this before, winning the Champions League in 2005 after only finishing fifth in the Premier League, while Tottenham qualified for this season's Champions League via a Europa League triumph despite finishing 17th in the league.READ MORE ABOUT THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Liverpool's Champions League quarter-final tie and route to final becomes clearer after drawSky Sports discounted Premier League and EFL packageThis article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it.