Yes, it's true that Manchester United actually have a very tough task in the remaining games this season if they want to overtake Aston Villa and Tottenham. But actually just seeing Man United ranked now is quite a good thing considering they started the season quite badly. Man United started to improve since the middle of the season. And it's the same thing as last season. But in the current season I feel Man United will not be able to repeat the same thing as last season. Namely, last season Man United even got consecutive wins in almost all the remaining matches last season which made Man United get a ticket to the UCL in the end at that time. So, this season, I don't think Man United will be able to do the same thing, even just to get a ticket to the European League. Because a difference of 6 or 9 points is actually quite difficult to catch. Because Man United must hope that Aston Villa and Tottenham experience several defeats in the remainder of this season.
It is not an easy task for Ten Hag to compete with Aston Villa who are currently in their best performance and Man United is very different from last season when in the remaining matches they improved their performance with very high consistency, whereas this season Man United seems to be having difficulty competing with several teams above them.
Spurs are currently in good condition and are even ready to defend their position so as not to be overtaken by Man United and on the one hand we don't know yet whether this international break will have any Man United players injured or not and if that happens to Man United players it will definitely happen the condition of Ten Hag team is getting worse.
we might be able to see the next 2 matches if Man United manages to get past Brentford and Chelsea, maybe we still have hope, but if we play against Chelsea, Man United won't get satisfactory results. I'm sure Man United will fail to get a ticket to the UCL or the European league.