High noon for Premiership football heavyweights

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LONDON (AFP) — Like heavyweights hauling themselves off their stools for the 12th round, Manchester United and Chelsea must find the energy to resume slugging on Saturday as their gruelling title bout edges nearer a conclusion.

Nothing can be decided this weekend. But with only four matches left to play -- including the meeting of the two sides at Stamford Bridge on May 9 -- any slip-ups are certain to have a huge bearing on whether the Premiership trophy remains in the Chelsea boardroom for a third successive season, or heads back to Old Trafford for the first time since 2003.

The latest chapter in this boiling pot of a title race will be infused with additional tension given that, for once, the two clubs kick off at the same time with United making the short trip...