| | Guardian Unlimited Football | News | Uefa rules could let Liverpool in the back door |
 | | Article 1.03 of Uefa's Champions League regulations - while poorly worded and open to legal interpretation - suggests that Liverpool could be entitled to play in next season's competition even if they finish fifth or sixth in the Premiership. |
 | | It reads: "At the request of the national association concerned, the Uefa Champions League title-holders may be entered for this competition, as an additional representative of that association, if they have not qualified for the Uefa Champions League via the top domestic league championship. |
 | | FA chairman Geoff Thompson is understood to have raised the irregularity with Uefa chief executive Lars-Christer Olsson in Switzerland on Wednesday, and it could also explain why Uefa president Lennart Johansson has opened the door for a possible change of heart. |
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