The veteran tactician believes that this year’s Manchester derby could still play an influential role in deciding who ends up as champions of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749, despite United holding a five point gap over their rivals.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roberto-c31294 Mancini’s Manchester City will have no one else other than themselves to blame, if they fail to win the title this season. After opening a 10 point lead at the top, the Citizens thought that they had finally gotten the better of their more illustrious
rivals, but complacency brought them back down to earth.
United’s superior form coupled with the brilliance of their individual players saw them cut the deficit game by game, before they eventually rose up the rankings to stake their claim once more.
City were in the clear at one time, but now find themselves five points adrift of the summit. The Red Devils fully took advantage of the club’s blip in form and in the current scenario; it seems hard to imagine the trophy leaving Old Trafford for the Blue
half of Manchester.
All hope is not lost for Sheikh Mansour’s expensively assembled squad though, as they have a chance to knock the stuffing out of United, when the two go head-to-head at the Etihad on the 30th of April.
A win for the home side could see the deficit go down to two-points, making this one of the closest title races ever.
Sir http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-c4752 Ferguson is well aware of that and warned his troops that the trip across town could still play an influential part in deciding who celebrates at the end of the campaign.
"Derby games are always important, and it could be even more important this year. It's bound to have an impact on the eventual winner, albeit that we're going into it with a nice healthy lead,” he said.
The Scot also praised Irish defender http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jonny-Evans-c19085, who has put together a string of impressive performances to justify his starting role in the line-up.
"He's been excellent. He's maturing, his form in the last two months with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rio-Ferdinand-c31173 has been absolutely fantastic and that's really important to have a partnership at the back that's consistent and playing all the time,” Fergie was quoted as saying.
Although derby day is not far away, United turn their attention to more pressing matters, starting with the visit of QPR on Sunday.
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