It has always been about the top 6 and for me. Either Spurs or Man U need to finish below us to manage this.
Man City
Chelsea
Arsenal
Liverpool
Then 2 of 3 including us, Spurs and Man U.
It is no disgrace to come up short. He have been great all season, but we are clearly running out of legs/sharpness in front of goal. This is all it takes, to be a little bit off the pace and that extra edge in front of goal, has gone. This is what is happening to us currently.