Huge task to catch Blues, says Fergie

ALEX FERGUSON has admitted Manchester United face a far tougher task overhauling Chelsea in the Premiership title race than they did with their successful pursuit of Arsenal two years ago.

As United famously dragged back the Gunners’ eight-point lead in the final 10 games of that campaign, Ferguson claimed his eighth league championship, which would go down as one of the finest achievements of his managerial career.

But as the games tick by this term, with Chelsea looking increasingly unlikely to suffer the blip both Ferguson and Arsene Wenger have predicted, the Scot acknowledges the 11-point lead Jose Mourinho’s side currently holds over his own will be much more difficult to overturn.