adminLONDON. — Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is not about to write off Manchester United’s English Premier League soccer title challenge just yet. The Gunners moved clear at the top of the table following their 4-1 victory over Norwich and are now some eight points ahead of David Moyes’ side after the Red Devils conceded a late equaliser at home to Southampton.
Wenger, though, is refusing to get carried away with league positions just yet, as Arsenal are set to travel to Old Trafford next month the weekend after they host fellow pacesetters Liverpool.
“It is too early. They are not out of the title race,” Wenger said.
“We are only two points in front of all the others.
“Are Man United out of the title race? No, but of course 10 points starts to be a little gap.”
Wenger continued: “If you have the choice, you want to be in the race at the top, but you cannot rule Man United out today.
“They have big players, big experience and they are a big club.
“It (points advantage) is three games basically, that is very quick in our league.”
But as Manchester United manager Moyes struggles to string together back-to-back Premier League wins, there are reminders everywhere he looks that this type of form is not what the English champions are used to. Saturday’s 1-1 draw against Southampton was at Old Trafford where the Sir Alex Ferguson stand, Sir Alex Ferguson bronze statue and newly unveiled Sir Alex Ferguson Way road loom large.
It also came as details of some of the content of Ferguson’s autobiography dripped into the newspapers ahead of this week’s book launch, while the home page of the club website was running a story headlined: “Sir Alex: Boss is sacrosanct”.
“I think the key for David Moyes is not to look to do anything better or less but just to maintain what the club has been for 20-odd years and keep the success going,” Ferguson told MUTV at a time when results are somewhat at odds with that aim. — Mailonline.
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