Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has set a target of finishing in the top three, despite their rocky start to the new season.
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The Gunners went down 2-1 to Manchester United on Saturday afternoon, a result that left the north London giants sixth in the standings and nine points behind the new leaders.
The defeat marked Wenger's start worst start to a Premier League campaign since he took charge of the north London club, but the Frenchman is still targeting an automatic Champions League spot.
"We're very far behind now," said Wenger. "At the moment you cannot say that [we are good enough to challenge the top three], because we are far away.
"But that's what we have to show, and that's what the target is at the end of the season. We've played away at United, City, Liverpool and Stoke - so we've many difficult away games.
"But we were poor defensively here. There's no obvious reason for that, apart from the fact we didn't start well and United have quality up front.
"They score goals against everybody and they are better than us. It's as simple as that.
"Away to Manchester City we drew 1-1, a good result, and didn't suffer by comparison.
"Here, I just think we were not on full cylinders and looked much more vulnerable defensively than we did at the start of the season."
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