Key dates in the race for Champions League qualification as Liverpool face daunting triple header

While Arsenal and Manchester City are set to battle it out for the Premier League table, the scramble for Champions League qualification behind them seem near-impossible to call going into the final three months of the season.

Going into matchday 28, Aston Villa are in third place on 51 points, three ahead of Manchester United in fourth, with Chelsea and Liverpool on 45 each (the Blues currently have a superior goal difference of 10).

Intriguingly, all four of those teams still have...