The Reds face Stoke on Sunday knowing that a favour from North West neighbours Wigan Athletic is required if Sir Alex Ferguson&rsq…

The Reds face Stoke on Sunday knowing that a favour from North West neighbours Wigan Athletic is required if Sir Alex Ferguson’s side are to be crowned Champions for a fourth season in a row.
Chelsea lead the table by one point and know that victory over Wigan at Stamford Bridge will secure the championship. Meaning United need to defeat Stoke and hope that Roberto Martinez’s side can takes points off the Blues.
Reds defenders Rio Ferdinand and Gary Neville concede that Chelsea are in the box seat to land the Premier League prize.
“It’s been an exciting season,” Ferdinand told MUTV. “More so-called lesser teams on paper have been taking points off the top four, when in previous seasons it's been a case of the big teams beating all the others and then dropping points against each other.
“It’s been a weird season. Hopefully that will bode well for Chelsea's game on Sunday."
The Reds had been hoping for a favour from Liverpool against Carlo Ancelotti’s side last weekend, but Neville admits the Reds have paid the price for surrendering control of the title race.
“When you leave it in the hands of others, you’ve got to take the punishment for it,” said skipper Neville. “We saw that on Sunday. We did our job, which is all we could do. Now we hope something can happen this Sunday. I think after the Blackburn game all hope looked to have gone so at least we’re still in it.
“We’ll be kicking ourselves come the end of the season if it doesn’t go our way on Sunday. The mistakes we have made have been unusual but I think every team can say the same. It’s been a crazy season and I hope we don’t come to regret it come Sunday evening but if we do, then we’ll learn from that for next season.”

Reds need help

7TH MAY 2010

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