Liverpool midfielder Yossi Benayoun says finishing in the top four is now unlikely, despite victory over West Ham United.
Benayoun accepts it would take an unlikely set of results to change things.
"It is very difficult [to get the top four]. We need to be realistic but the only thing we can do is try," he said.
"Mathematically we can still do it so with the points that are left we need to do our best to win the remaining games and get a bit of luck from the other results."