"It is still in our own hands to qualify," he said. "West Ham have beaten Chelsea and that puts us both on the same points, so if we win at Chelsea next Sunday then we go into the Champions League.
"It is our home record that has let us down this season, depriving us of about 10 points, but our away record is among the best in the Premiership.
"We do well away from home and we know if we win at Stamford Bridge we qualify. My players like cup finals, we win them, so we can win this last game.
"We've come back from a period of despair and 10 games ago nobody would have thought we would be in this position, still going for it. Now we know that if we win at Chelsea that's enough to qualify.
"I felt we had enough chances to have won today, but they had a goalkeeper in Peter Schmeichel who made four world class saves to keep them in it."