Carlo Ancelotti is not giving up on Everton's chances of qualifying for Europe this season.

The Toffees head into Friday's match against Arsenal in eighth, six behind points fourth-placed Chelsea with a game in hand.

"We're still in contention and we're going to be in contention until the last game," the Everton manager told Sky Sports.

"The race will not be decided before. There are a lot of teams involved and a lot of matches still to be played. We still have to play against West Ham and we still must play Aston Villa twice.

"The Arsenal game is clearly important, but then West Ham are also playing against Chelsea and Liverpool has to play against Manchester United so it's so, so complicated to give a count [points target]. For sure, we're going to fight until the end.

"All the games are really vital. It's important that we now have most of the squad available because in the last game, I had a lot of young players on the bench, and I didn't really have the opportunity to make many substitutions."