Chelsea contemplate having to win Champions League title
Updated at 6:52 pm on 3 May 2012
Chelsea's contemplating the prospect of having to win this season's Champions League football title in order to qualify for next season's competition after losing two nil to Newcastle.
The result leaves sixth-placed Chelsea four points adrift of both fourth-placed Tottenham Hotspur, who won 4-1 away to Bolton Wanderers and Newcastle, who trail Spurs on goal difference, with just two Premier League games of the season left.
Usually, the top three clubs in the Premier League qualify for the Champions League proper, with the fourth-placed side entering the preliminary round.
But if Chelsea beat Bayern Munich in the Champions League final later this month they'll take the place that'd otherwise go to the team finishing fourth.
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