United’s form could question Blues’ bottle come May

THE Reds go marching on. United returned from the Riverside — scene of last season’s most humiliating low — with all three points, and in doing so extended the gap with Chelsea in our favour to its greatest since Mourinho turned up at Stamford Bridge.

Heady times indeed, and with the running start to the season which Fergie demanded of his men having well and truly been made, for once we are in a position to ask what Chelsea are truly made of.

Certainly United’s victory — and the source of the winning goal — may suggest we could yet be in a position to still be questioning Chelsea’s bottle come May. Whilst various doomlords legitimately continue to question the depth of United’s squad, striking back just a minute after Boro’s equaliser was as impressive as it was well timed. And following on from Fletcher storming through to puncture Boro’s bubble there’s even been an outbreak of suggestions that perhaps he’s not quite the waste of space many Stretford Enders have long suspected.