What's important is that we're not losing as often as we probably should be. That counts for a lot in the short to medium term whilst Liverpool and Chelsea are slacking.
Having said that, if this form continues we'll absolutely finish outside of 5th. Every team we play bar Spurs and Burnley will have something to play for in the run in and they're all going to think they can get something from us. It's not as black and white as that of course, given that we should hopefully have both SJM and Tieleman's back for the lion share of those games, but yeah.