Soccer: Scholes double sends clear message to Premiership rivals

THE Premiership title race has not even reached its halfway stage and already the mind games have begun.

On Saturday lunchtime Manchester United did not just stamp their authority on their own city, they also sent a message to London, delivered in a clinical manner by Paul Scholes. When they opened it, Chelsea crumbled.

The unanimous verdict of every English football observer is this season’s championship will be won by United, Chelsea or Arsenal.