Ferguson hoping for open title race

ALEX FERGUSON would be delighted if the Premier League did not turn into a two-horse race this season – even though history suggests it will.

Already this term, a general view has been concluded that Ferguson’s Manchester United side will be scrapping it out with Carlo Ancelotti’s Chelsea by the time May comes around.

Yet a bizarre sequence of results last weekend – including Aston Villa’s victory over United at Old Trafford – has cast doubt on such statements.