United pump up pressure

ALEX FERGUSON has called on his Manchester United side to shake table-toppers Chelsea out of their comfort zone at the top of the Barclays Premiership.

The Scot now regards Chelsea as the major threat to his team’s chances of landing their ninth championship in 13 years.

Jose Mourinho’s men have lost just one game all season and will ease 12 points clear of United and eight ahead of second-placed Arsenal if they beat Newcastle at Stamford Bridge in today’s lunchtime televised encounter.