Title race wide open as Chelsea fail to beat Hull
The gap at the top of the league was just 2 points tonight as Chelsea failed to beat league strugglers Hull City.
The Tigers were the better team for long spells and will feel their point was earned. they may even feel they could have gone on and won it, with man of the match Stephen hunt tormenting Chelsea down the left wing.
Chelsea’s failure to take the 3 points means the gap has been closed from a possible 4 points, to just 2.
Manchester United’s dominant display at Arsenal on Sunday put the pressure on Chelsea and was a real show of intent from the Champions, who will go top of the league on Saturday if they can beat Portmouth at Old Trafford.
Chelsea meanwhile, will host Arsenal at Stamford Bridge. A Chelsea win could put Arsenal’s title ambitions to bed, while a win for Arsenal would swing the title pendulum back in United’s favour, with Chelsea still to visit Old Trafford.
It will come as a surprise to those naive pundits who had already crowned Chelsea as champions earlier in the season. Just how often will they write off sir Alex Ferguson‘s men before they learn?
February 3rd, 2010
Huge result for United. Hopefully there are plenty more corners that Chelsea have to, and fail to, deal with along the way. Almost as bad as Liverpool’s zonal marking, which leaves every one of their matches up for grabs.
February 9th, 2010
arent you ‘naive’ for thinking that this result has done any good? why are you writing about chelsea and hull? theres a manchester united badge up there and i expect to read stories about MANCHESTER UNITED.