Chase the Devils...

               Yet another win,even after failing to dominate almost the entire game.Yet another comeback,after being outplayed for large periods,but most importantly,yet again 3 points added to the total.Some may say,Manchester United were plain lucky to survive,some may say they displayed the Spirit of the Champions.Whatever it may be,the fact is that United now have a Rock-solid Grip on the Title.Defending Champions Chelsea are 10 points short,which is a footballing equivalent of the Gap between a Ferrari and a Maruti 800,while let's not kid ourselves,Man City and Arsenal are just not good enough for the title.

Roberto Mancini,is he too defensive-minded to win the English League?

                 Let's just start with Manchester City only.I was totally baffled by their Midfield selections vs Aston Villa.De Jong,Barry,Yaya Toure and David Silva.Three defensive midfielders in the same line-up?? Against a team you beat 4-0 less than a month ago?? That's not title winning mentality,Mancini.That's the Problem with City.They can talk about World Domination as long as they want,but they themselves don't seem to believe they are good enough to beat the Manchester Uniteds and Chelseas.Even though they beat Chelsea,their goal came on the counter-attack only,and before that they seemed happy enough to play for a draw.Same thing versus Man United and Arsenal.You don't win titles like that.All they have managed so far,is to give away Huge Christmas presents to Arsenals and Barcelonas and Wolfsburgs by paying extravagant money for their players.Just look what they are doing,paid 25 millions for Adebayor,and less than 2 seasons later,they are ready to send him on loan,just to splash 25 millions more on Edin Dzeko.24 millions for James Milner,like he's the next-Gen Steven Gerrard or something! But,the biggest windfall went to Barcelona.29 millions for a want-away player in Yaya Toure! I mean,who are they kidding? Harry Redknapp got Rafael Van der Vaart and Gareth Bale together,for half that price!
                  Talking about Harry Redknapp,Spurs have been more than decent this season,with all those heroics in Europe as well.But the talk of the title challenge still seems far-fetched.They failed to take advantage against a Ten-men United recently and followed it up with a draw at Newcastle.We can already consider them out of Title Race.Their London neighbours,Arsenal,remain very much in with the chance.But,with their amazing ability to Self-destruct,I feel they aren't ready to go the distance yet.They might push their bid all the way to the end,but then this is a team that beats Chelsea 3-1 spectacularly on a day,and then fails to beat 10-men Wigan 2 days later!
                     I still think,even after suffering a massive dip in form for last 2 months,which included Defeats at unimaginable places like Wolves and Birmingham,Chelsea are the only team,which can really challenge United.And even Sir Alex seems to agree,as he's already declared their game at Stamford Bridge as the Season-defining game.The Blues looked almost back to their Best in the 4-0 demolition of Bolton.The ruthless desire to win was back in the team,the ability to turn a victory in a Rout was on display again.And although the 10-point gap that has been created due to ,what Carlo Ancelotti described as a "Bad Moment" (a moment which lasted just about 3 months,that's more than a Quarter of a season!) might yet prove too much.Manchester United may have massive points on the Board,but the Champions will not be willing to give away their Crown, without a Fight!

Can Chelsea's striking Duo Replicate their last season's Heroics?

                     So,at the moment, the Title looks Manchester United's to lose.Still unbeaten in the League,having Dimitar Berbatov in such Red-hot form,but I should remind those already jumping on the "Invincibles" Bandwagon,that United are yet to visit Stamford Bridge,and the Emirates,and the Anfield,and the White-heart Lane! Anyone still ready to bet they will be unbeaten,come the end of the season?
                     Well,United are running away at the moment,demolishing some teams,and grinding out results against the remaining ones.But,in Football,you can never promise what's gonna happen next.May be that's why,It's the Beautiful Game!

All hail the Lords of London

Chelsea won the Premier League title in the most emphatic fashion on Sunday,beating Wigan Athletic 8-0,their biggest ever top-flight win,to fend off Manchester Utd's challenge by one point,in the process breaking innumerable records.

Manchester fans are already queueing up with the excuses,ranging from missing Ronaldo,to not getting refreeing decisions(they are so used to big decisions ,whether wrong or right,going in their favour!!!). But,anyone can hardly say Chelsea didn't deserve to win the title,not surely after scoring a massive 103 goals in the League this season (no team has ever managed that in EPL History!!!)

Man Utd goalie Van Der Sar was saying that Chelsea were just lucky!! ya ya,just check out the facts yourself, Utd needed six and seven minutes of stoppage time to salvage points twice against ManCity and once against Sunderland,and they are just unfortunate that Chelsea got "lucky" to beat a stubborn Aston Villa 7-1!!! While Chelsea scored 7 or more goals in a single match 4 times this season,while second highest source of goals for Utd after Rooney was Own Goals against them!!!(wonder what 30million-man Berbatov has to say about that?) and still it's Chelsea who just got lucky to win the title,right??

So many Red Devils are moaning about Didier Drogba's winner against them from an Offside position,but the same guys conveniently forget that The only goal United managed in that match was literally punched (by hand) in the net by Federico Macheda,which is hardly "Legal" in Football.They also cry that Liverpool just rolled over to prevent United winning the title,but United had the chance to beat Chelsea for the title,and they miserably failed.Chelsea were way better than Manchester Utd and all other teams.The fact that they scored 17 more goals than the second-highest scores highlights the gap.

In the Sunday's games,the outcome was never in doubt as early as 6th minute,when Anelka opened the scoring to calm any pre-match nerves,and afterwards it was a all too familiar story !!!

I can't really understand that why Arsenal are still considered to play the most beautiful football,Carlo Ancelloti's Chelsea put some of the most sparkling performances the League has ever seen,just look at the sleek passing in any of those 8 goals they scored on Sunday,finally banishing the image of being a physical side,showing some of the best football,that even the mighty Barca would struggle to match . It was delightful to watch them celebrate wildly,after seeing Utd take the glory for last 3 years, In the end, the Roar from Stamford Bridge was very clear " All Hail The Lords Of London" !!!!

The Final Hurdle

One point......thats all that separates Chelsea and Manchester Utd going into the last week of an enthralling Barclays Premier League Season.And that one point will be enough for Chelsea to win their first title since the "Jose Mourinho" era at Stamford Bridge,if they can beat Wigan at home on Sunday.

Chelsea are the clear favourites going into the weekend,as the Blues have amassed an amazing 49 points out of 54 at Stamford Bridge,but this season has taught us to expect only the unexpected.Especially.with Wigan having nothing to lose,and and ManU clear favourites versus Stoke,we could be in for a nasty surprise.

End of the season games are always tough,with relegation threatened teams upsetting the big boys,and it can really get tense,as Sir Alex Ferguson is known to have said frequently " Football, Bloody Hell" !!! So,what are the scenarios possible on Sunday?? A Chelsea win on the evening will win them the title,irrespective of the outcome of United's match.But,a draw or a defeat,paired with a United win,will hand the Red Devils their Record 19th title.But,it will take nothing short of a miracle from Wigan to achieve that,looking at Chelsea's terrific form ,which has seen them scoring an amazing 95 goals so far in the league,just 2 short of the record in the Premier League.

Although it should be a straightforward game for the Blues,there will be immense pressure till they take the lead.Just imagine the scenario of Image of Rooney just scoring Utd's 5 th goal versus Stoke flashing at Stamford Bridge,with Chelsea leading 1-0 with3 minutes to go,imagine the pressure!!!! The ball falls to Hugo Rodallega 10 yards out,he produces a fierce drive aaaaaaaand Cech parries it away.that's what tends happen again and again anyways,but it's an absolute nightmare for Chelsea fans like me!!!!

So,I can't wait for tomorrow's game ,because as much tension I feel in the adrenaline,I can't wait to watch John Terry lifting the Premier League Title to the heavens after 4 years !!!!!!!!