Chelsea manager Grant wants play-off decider
AFP, May, 2008
LONDON (AFP) — Avram Grant believes Chelsea and Manchester United should decide the destiny of the Premier League title with a winner-takes-all play-off if both teams finish level on points after Sunday's dramatic finale.
United will pip Chelsea to the title on goal difference if the leaders win at Wigan and Grant's side beat Bolton at Stamford Bridge.
But Grant insists that is an unfair way to decide a season's work. He would prefer the system used in Italy, where any title, relegation or European qualifying issues are decided by a play-off match if the teams are level on points.
The Israeli even joked that Chelsea's Champions League final against United in Moscow on May 21 could serve as a showdown for both trophies.
"I must admit sometimes Manchester United play very good football and score a lot of goals," Grant said. ...