Huge Premier League boost as Arsenal win over Real Madrid CONFIRMS fifth place will qualify for the Champions League
THE Premier League will officially have FIVE teams in the Champions League next season.
Arsenal secured the extra place with a huge 3-0 win over reigning European Champions Real Madrid on Tuesday night.
It took England’s coefficient points total up to 24.535 – leaving the nation top of the Uefa table.
Both Spain and Italy are battling it out for second, with Spain on 21.678 points and Italy on 20.187 points.
Regardless of competition, each Uefa win is worth two coefficient points, a draw gets one point and nothing is given for a defeat.
Points gained by all teams in a coefficient are added together and the total score is divided by the number of clubs a country has in Europe that season.
That gives the coefficient average, which the table is based on.
Arsenal and Liverpool are both set to earn a Champions League place for the 2025-26 season.
Nottingham Forest, Chelsea, Newcastle, Manchester City, Aston Villa, Fulham and Brighton are all battling for the remaining places.
England needed just one team in Europe to win this week to guarantee five places in the Champions League next season.
Arsenal cruised to a 3-0 victory over Real Madrid at the Emirates Stadium.
Declan Rice broke the deadlock with a stunning free kick in the 58th minute.
He then bettered that with another strike into the top-right corner.
And Mikel Merino made it three with a composed finish in the 75th minute.
After the match, Mikel Arteta said: “When you’ve not played this team for 20 years then you have the chance to write your own history and it is nights like these where you can do that.
“They were magic moments. We have a lot more to give. It will give us even more belief.
“I did believe and you have to believe. The crowd was incredible, they gave us so much energy.”