Ferguson: Focused on Chelsea clash
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Fergie determined to see off Blues
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson insists Sunday's clash with Chelsea holds all the importance of an end-of-season title decider.
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Ferguson welcomes the Blues to Old Trafford on Sunday at an unusually early stage of the season.
Every campaign since 2002/03, the Red Devils have faced Chelsea in the closing weeks of the season, with their summit meetings frequently termed decisive in the title race.
However, after September's 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge, this weekend's match will be the final league meeting of the current season.
But Ferguson, whose side could move to within one point of Luiz Felipe Scolari's men with two games in hand, is not playing down the significance.
"That will be a big game. It's unusual to have it in January, it's usually towards the end of the season," the Scot told Inside United.
"It's been later - in the last two or three games - for the last two seasons. It doesn't matter when you play Chelsea, though, it's always going to be a massive game.
"It's a little different with the timing, but we're still aiming to win it. They've done very well away from home but not so well at home so it's been interesting from them this season."
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richjb (Liverpool fan)
"I can see chelsea winning it 1:0 (Lampard) and Liverpool winning title from Chelsea by 1 point, hahahaha...."
danykallery (Chelsea fan)
"i hope there isn't any chance for us to win....... if we get a draw it would be a great result"
RaphaelPeditez (Liverpool fan)
"RobWAlton - spoken like a true evertonian. Intentionally not mentioning liverpool... DUDE we are in the mix still, maybe if everton can even reach the dizzying heights of Villa, your opinion would carry more weight!"
salomon (Chelsea fan)
"Our record is too weak against our rivals for any Chelsea to be optimistic about this one. Having said that, it IS our home form that is alarming so with that in mind, I think this is just the kind of game that turn our season around... "
Rob - Walton (Home of the peoples club) (Everton fan)
"I think whoeever wins this wins the title and whoever loses pips arsenal to 2nd."
aindro (Chelsea fan)
"danykallery, Chelsea fan. Posted Today @ 09:37 - Agree with you, I'm not optimist at all regarding Chelsea's form against big four. We'll lose surely, but I hope that I'm wrong."
kevin2513 (Manchester United fan)
"vds, nev, rio, vida, evra, carrick, scholes, anderson, ronaldo, rooney, berba & well beat chelsea. we can switch between 4-4-2 & 4-3-3 with these players depending how the game is going at what ever time"
mattsmith (Manchester United fan)
"Big game for us, I want to see Ronny and Park on the flanks and if they both play well we have a good chance. We also need Rio back for this one, Evans is quality but Rio should get the nod. We don't have to worry about which two play upfront because they are all class. Chelsea have been poor lately but they won't need any motivation at Old Trafford."
rm08 (Manchester United fan)
"exactly waleswizard.. we have a very large squad"
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