United, Pompey keep on eye on shaky Blues

HARRY REDKNAPP and Alex Ferguson took equal satisfaction from Chelsea’s stunning defeat at Middlesbrough on Saturday.

The result allowed second-placed Manchester United, resounding winners at Portsmouth, to dream of a Chelsea slump.

But it also encouraged Redknapp to speculate on his side's chances of inflicting a further dent in the Barclays Premiership champions' armoury in a fortnight's time at Stamford Bridge.