Manchester City Overturns Two-year Ban From Champions League

Business Standard Manchester City overturns two-year ban from Champions League

Chelsea, Manchester United and Leicester and maybe Wolverhampton Wanderers and Sheffield United, too are now fighting for two qualifying spots instead of three.

Manchester City's success in overturning its Champions League ban on Monday has huge ramifications on the Premier League and the remaining two teams that will qualify for Europe's top club competition.

Chelsea, Manchester United and Leicester and maybe Wolverhampton Wanderers and Sheffield United, too are now fighting for two qualifying spots instead of three with two weeks of the season remaining.

The fight for a top-five finish has reverted back to needing to be in the top four to join champion Liverpool and City, already secured in second place, in earning tens of millions of dollars in UEFA prize money next season.

The most concerned team is likely to be Leicester.

In the top four since September and, in December, even looking like the most realistic title challenger to Liverpool Leicester has imploded, collecting only two wins from its last 11 league games stretching back to the end of January.

After losing to relegation-threatened Bournemouth 4-1 on Sunday, Leicester will find itself in fifth place if Man United beats Southampton on Monday.

United appears much more likely to secure a top-four finish and return to the Champions League after a season's absence.