With eight games to go, 部隊d, Chelsea and 兵器庫 canter into three-horse race for 首相 League 肩書を与える

All the 成分s are now

in place for the most fascinating

finish to a 肩書を与える race

since the first season of

the 首相 League 支援する

in 1993.

Then, Manchester 部隊d held off

厳しい 抵抗 from Aston 郊外住宅 and

Norwich to 勝利，勝つ for the first time in 26

years.

? Five out of six former プロの／賛成のs say Manchester 部隊d will be 栄冠を与えるd 支持する／優勝者s

There have been two-horse races

since ― 顕著に the last-day finishes in

1995 and 1999 when 部隊d were pipped

by Blackburn and then nosed ahead of

兵器庫 ― but never one so tight and

伴う／関わるing three teams.

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The boss men: Wenger of 兵器庫, 部隊d boss Fergie and Chelsea's 認める

部隊d 長，率いる the pack again with

兵器庫 and Chelsea nestled in behind,

yet over the next eight weeks there will

be 新たな展開s, turns and a lot of 演劇 as the

triumvirate jostle for 最高の，を越す 位置／汚点／見つけ出す.

Sir Alex Ferguson's team appear to

be in the best of order. No 傷害s,

31-goal Cristiano Ronaldo looking in

better form than he did last season when

he was the 二塁打 footballer of the year,

five world-class central midfielders to

chose from and a defence that has 漏れるd

only 15 goals in 29 games.

This is the time of year that Ferguson's

team always 攻撃する，衝突する 最高の，を越す form and the 経営者／支配人

told his players yesterday that they

will have to do the same again if they are

to 安全な・保証する their 10th 首相 League 肩書を与える.

部隊d can go three points （疑いを）晴らす at the

最高の，を越す if they （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Bolton at Old Trafford

tomorrow and Ferguson said: “We need

to get our foot 負かす／撃墜する and start モーターing

on now. We want to 運動 home our

advantage at the 最高の，を越す of the league by

winning our game in 手渡す.

“We want the three points against

Bolton, then look 今後 to a real 戦う／戦い

against Liverpool on Sunday. We

have got a 堅い programme. But then

I look at 兵器庫's and Chelsea's and it

is 平等に 堅い. It is not going to be 平易な

and it could even go to the last game.”

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大きくする ?

部隊d, though, looked far from 納得させるing

against 底（に届く）-味方する Derby at

the 週末 and it took a 76th-minute

goal from Ronaldo to （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 them.

It may have been a slight wobble, but

they still collected three points unlike

兵器庫 who are 現在／一般に in danger of

losing their 神経.

Four draws in the League in a 列／漕ぐ／騒動

and the team that have, without 疑問,

played the best football at times this

season are looking the least likely of

the three to 勝利，勝つ the 肩書を与える. Striker コマドリ

先頭 Persie has told his team-mates they

will 悔いる it for ever if they do not 勝利，勝つ

a トロフィー this year.

His return could not have been better

timed after five months out with 傷害

and his goals are going to be 決定的な if

Arsene Wenger's team are to get 支援する

into the race for the 最高の，を越す.

先頭 Persie said: “We have to 勝利，勝つ at least one トロフィー this

season. If we don't, then we would have

played all the fantastic football for nothing.

This is our moment and we need to

勝利，勝つ something.

“I am not a daydreamer. I really think

we can 勝利，勝つ the 肩書を与える and the 支持する／優勝者s

League this season. Why not? We have

the 質s so we just need to stick

together and believe in it.

“It is still in our 手渡すs to 勝利，勝つ the 二塁打

and we have to take these 適切な時期s

because we have something

special here at 兵器庫.”

And so to Chelsea. Arguably they are

showing the best form of the three teams

― they are unbeaten in their last 12

League matches since the 1-0 敗北・負かす at

兵器庫 before Christmas.

Yet Avram 認める's team have the hardest

run in to the end of the season. They

直面する a Carling Cup rematch against Tottenham

at White Hart 小道／航路 tomorrow

night and have to play both 部隊d and

兵器庫 at Stamford 橋（渡しをする）.

Their 運命／宿命 could 井戸／弁護士席 be settled in the

North-West with tricky trips to Everton

and Manchester City where anything

いっそう少なく than 肯定的な results will count

against Chelsea.

Joe Cole believes the Blues have timed

their run just 権利 after lying in third

place for so long this season.

“We're happy in the 影をつくる／尾行するs, lurking

there,” said Cole. “Now we're ready to

build some good form and go on the

猛攻撃. This is a 広大な／多数の／重要な time for

Chelsea. It is very tight at the 最高の，を越す and the

race is wide open.

“So we need to stay 焦点（を合わせる）d because

this is the time when you can't afford to

throw anything away. It's just a 事例／患者 of

making sure we keep 成し遂げるing.”

Sadly for Cole and 先頭 Persie, history

is on 部隊d's 味方する.

For four of the past five seasons,

the team that have been on 最高の，を越す at

this 行う／開催する／段階 of the season have

gone on to 勝利，勝つ the 肩書を与える. Only in

2003 did 兵器庫 throw away

a lead as they 手渡すd the

League to 部隊d.

Chelsea and 兵器庫 both

look a better bet to 勝利，勝つ the

支持する／優勝者s League which may 井戸／弁護士席

手渡す the 率先 at home to

Ferguson's men.

The only downside is that it is

the same three teams chasing

the トロフィーs. This is the 16th

season of the 首相 League

and only Blackburn have broken

their stranglehold. 部隊d (nine),

兵器庫 (three) and Chelsea (two) have

made our 最高の，を越す 分割 rather predictable.

The 22 seasons that followed

the Gunners' 二塁打 in 1971 saw

eight different teams as diverse

as Derby, Aston 郊外住宅 and

Nottingham Forest 勝利，勝つ the

League.

The にわか景気 that followed

Sky's 購入（する） of live

football has made

longing for that

golden 時代 pointless

because it will never return.

All fans of the game can do

now is sit 支援する, relax and

watch three of the best

teams in Europe 戦う／戦い it

out for the biggest prizes in

club football.

REMAINING GAMES:

兵器庫: Sunday v Chelsea (a), 29 March v

Bolton (a), 5 April v Liverpool (h), 13 April v

Man Utd (a), 19 April v Reading (h), 28 April v

Derby (a), 3 May v Everton (h), 11 May v

Sunderland (a).

Chelsea: 結婚する v Tottenham (a), Sunday v

兵器庫 (h), 31 March v Middlesbrough (h), 6

April v Man City (a), 14 April v Wigan (h), 19

April v Everton (a), 26 April v Man Utd (h), 3

May v Newcastle (a), 11 May v Bolton (h).

Man Utd: 結婚するs v Bolton (h), Sunday v

Liverpool (h), 30 March v Aston 郊外住宅 (h), 6

April v Middlesbrough (a), 13 April v 兵器庫

(h), 19 April v Blackburn (a), 26 April v Chelsea

(a), 3 Ma y v West Ham (h), 11 May v Wigan (a).