No hopes for the title

Sir Alex put a lot of words in press talking about the pressure Manchester United were going to put on Chelsea for the Premiership and that the fight for the title was not over yet.

It all started with ManU's fantastic victory over Arsenal, with one of the best display of footballing skill from Wayne Rooney. He scored the first and then provided for the second. In that match, ManU did not look troubled at all and Sir Alex was hoping to carry that momentum into the next match against already-resigned-to-relagation Sunderland.

The only topic of discussion before the ManU-Sunderland match was the margin of defeat Sunderland would be humiliated with. Nobody talked about a draw. After all, Sir Alex had already said that the title would come down to goal difference and ManU was going to do everything to lower the goal difference, starting with this match.

But after 97 minutes of lackluster football, Manchester United finished their game with Sunderland with goal-less draw and a single point.

All hopes of catching up with Champions Designate Chelsea are over.