Evra dims title talk amid defensive woes

PATRICE EVRA has issued a stark warning to his Manchester United team-mates in the wake of their 3-1 win over Chelsea: any more of that and forget about retaining the title.

Despite United continuing their winning start to the Premier League, in the process matching a century old record of 18 successive home wins, stand-in skipper Evra was not amused by a game Alex Ferguson likened to basketball, in which Chelsea had 21 shots on United’s goal, yet somehow managed to find the net only once.

Evra warns United cannot afford to be so loose in their defending again.