Soc: Make or break for United at Chelsea

AAP Sports News (Australia), September, 2008

AAP Sports News (Australia) 09-19-2008 Soc: Make or break for United at Chelsea By Angus MacKinnon LONDON, Sept 18 AFP - The season may only be a month old but Manchester United are already facing a crisis point in the defence of their English Premier League title. Defeat at Chelsea on Sunday would leave Sir Alex Ferguson's squad trailing their London rivals by nine points and, on the evidence presented so far, that is a deficit that, even with a game in hand, will take some closing. Liverpool, provided they put top flight newcomers Stoke City to the sword at Anfield on Saturday, would also find themselves nine points clear of the champions in the event of a Chelsea victory. Yet Ferguson insists he is relaxed about a sluggish start to a campaign in...

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