Robson backs United to get back on title trail

BRYAN ROBSON backed his former club to charge back into the Premiership title reckoning after Manchester United spoiled his big day at The Hawthorns.

The United legend saw his new team, West Brom, hold out for the first 53 minutes of a tightly-contested affair. Then a Paul Scholes double and a header from Ruud van Nistelrooy wrapped up United’s fourth successive Premiership win and cast Robson’s West Brom side adrift at the bottom.

Victory kept United nine points adrift of leaders Chelsea with an increasing number of pundits suggesting the title is set to stay in London. But Robson said he expected the famous consistency of the club he served with such aplomb for so long would fling them into the race in the new year.