WE NEED TO FINISH SECOND

Last updated : 13 April 2004 By editor

If United do finish third and Chelsea fail to win the Champions League, then United will have to go through a qualifying round in Europe early next season.

Neville said:

"It is important for us to get second place. We do not want to have a difficult pre-season. Newcastle came a cropper in the qualifiers this year. You can end up with a very difficult tie against someone you have never heard of - or someone you have heard of! You just want to avoid it at all costs.”

"Also, we don't want Arsenal winning the league by 20 points. It looks like they are going to win it now but we want to try and get as close as possible."