STILL IN THE RACE - BUT NOT BY MUCH
(Image taken from Manutdpics.com)
Well the Easter weekend always looked like a crucial one though that probably wasn't what the Cocky One had in mind at one point with United having been the form side recently. The weekend itself looked like it would do us more favours as well, particularly on Good Friday when Sunderland were due to visit for what was bound to be a suicide run.
Problem was, the dead men walking of the Premiership were able to do at Old Trafford what they weren't able to do at Griffin Park - get a result. Matters weren't helped by the Red Devils giving the ball away and Giggsy missing a ton of free kicks. However Sunderland goalie Kelvin Davis also seemed invincible and though Sunderland didn't do enough to save their own skins but they certainly gave us a flat tyre with this goalless draw.
That left us heading to White Hart Lane needing to beat a Champions League-seeking Spurs side on their turf in order to make sure that Chelsea couldn't claim the title by now. Despite Spurs getting the better chances early on, we pulled this one out of the bag thanks to two second half Rooney goals. It got a bit interesting in the second half when Jermaine Jenas pulled one back but over than that, job done.
By job done, I mean job done for the time being. For Chelsea have taken care of business pretty smoothly, beating Bolton 2-0 at the Reebok Stadium before returing to Stamford Bridge to beat Everton 3-0. We're nine points behind the Blues and they have a twelve advantage on goal difference. Three games to go. Oh dear. The Scousers have also done what they could beating Blackburn 1-0 at Ewood Park. They're six points behind us and are in all honesty a bigger issue than Chelsea - particularly as we no longer have an games in hand over them.
Going down a level, Sheffied United are back in the Premiership for the first time since '94(just before I move to London, they go down, just before I quit London, they go back up). A Good Friday 1-0 win over Cardiff and Ninian Park took care of that side of things with Danny Webber hitting the winner.
North of the border, Aberdeen managed to get a point out of Old Firm giants Rangers at Ibrox. The goalles first half was thanks mainly due to a stubborn Dons defence which finally broke when Kris Boyd opened the scoring for the Gers. However Scott Severin levelled things before the end of the match and Alex McLeish's crew weren't able to retake the lead.
Hearts proved to be the main beneficaries of the draw, the Edinburgh side still looking for a Champions League spot and looking close to getting it after beating Kilmarnock 2-0 at Tynecastle, Paul Hartley and defender Christophe Berra got the goal and their side holds second in the SPL by five points.
European action midweek.
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