Red Devils get that familiar sweet scent of success

GARY NEVILLE has been around Old Trafford long enough to know when the smell of success is in the air and the scent is getting so strong now it must even be wafting its way under Arsene Wenger’s nose.

For the second time in three weeks, Sir Alex Ferguson’s super-charged side took advantage of an early kick-off to pile the pressure on title rivals Arsenal then put their feet up and watch the Gunners’ badly misfire.

So now, the imposing eight-point lead Wenger’s men held at the beginning of last month has crumbled to just goal difference and though United’s tougher six-game run-in still leaves them as slight underdogs, there are plenty of witnesses from the past decade who will confirm that getting in the way of a Manchester United juggernaut is a risky business.