Realistically most teams want a top 3 finish, not 4th where there is a potentially tricky qualifying round.
In all the hype about title challenge, it seems to have gone unnoticed that if we lose today and, as expected, Spurs beat West Ham, we will only be 1 point ahead of Chelsea and 2 ahead of Spurs. Slipping to 4th is a distinct possibility.
Do we have the mental strength to stay in the top 3? I am not so sure, this season we have never really put a good run together and we have never really looked like challenging for the title. All season the hype has been Battle of manchester for the title, but the reality has been no-where near.