Race to Title

We are at the end of March, which means there is only 1.5 months before we see the champions of Europe's elite leagues. Title race was not that close a couple of months ago as Inter dominated the Serie A without losing a single game, as R.Madrid took advantage of Barcelona's inconsistency by increasing the point difference to as high as 8, and as Wenger's youthful side was unforseenly solid in the Premiership. Now today is 26th of March , let's see what has changed in title race beginning with the Barclay's Premiership:

MANCHESTER UNITED

Manchester United is at the top of the Premiership thanks to the consecutive draws by Arsenal ( 5 times ) and their perfect run. C.Ronaldo is again impressive this year as new guys C.Tevez , Nani , Anderson and Hargreaves adapted to the team easily and performed very well throughout the year. Defending champions Manchester United is favourites to retain the Premiership once again. Manchester United doesn't really have any kind of weaknesses or handicaps, it is possible that they can make double this year by winning the Champions' League and the Premiership. It won't be a surprise...

CHELSEA

Chelsea is in the second place, 5 points behind Manchester United despite internal problems in the squad as D.Drogba and some others want to leave the club after Euro 2008. Avram Grant will be shown the door if he can not win the league or the champion's league. Chelsea is already out of FA Cup and Carling Cup ( losing to Barnsley ). If Chelsea can maintain the 5 point difference before their match against Manchester United, with a win against them, they will have a good chance of winning the title even it seems quite difficult. Who knows ... If Mourinho was not sacked by impatient Abramovich who created a mess by this decision, Chelsea may have been in the 1st place in the Premiership at this time of the year.

ARSENAL

Arsenal is a point back from Chelsea, their terrible run lately have cost them inevitably. It seem like Eduardo's injury affected them both on and off the pitch. However this is not the only reason, Bendtner and Adebayor's in-game arguments, as well as team's captain William Gallas' involvement is a sign of pressure on Arsenal team. As a youthful side that has lots of inexperienced players sometimes can not carry that kind of a pressure. Anyway, even if the Gunners can not be the champions this year, it won't matter much. They are already much respected and regarded succesful with their performance. Also they are still in the Champions' League, by eliminating the defending champions, much experienced AC Milan, which means they have a chance to reach to the final and win the cup even. That's possible if not probable.

LIVERPOOL

Liverpool is in the 4th place with 59 points, which means they are 14 points behind Manchester United. Liverpool started the season pretty well, with Torres' awesome contribution Liverpool was flying high. But then came the much criticized rotation policy by Rafael Benitez. He didn't use his on-form striker Torres in some games according to his rotation policy and Liverpool lost some valuable points and their place in the top 4. Liverpool was also quite bad in the Champions' league as they only had 1 point in the first 3 games lying 4th in the group. It was hard times for Merseysiders and Benitez but they started their run in the Champions' league by winning their last 3 games and qualifying from the group in the 2nd place. Then they eliminated Internazionale , winning 2-0 at home and 1-0 in San Siro. By their impressive display in Europe they reminded everybody that they CAN win this cup once again. However in the Premiership, they are far away from the title race , aiming to participate in the Champions' League by being 4th at the end of the season. Their city rivals Everton are 2 point behind Liverpool , threatening them for the 4th place. Everton's latest form is quite inconsistent and Liverpool have the quality to be 4th at the end of the season. But again it seems they are aiming to conquer Europe once again.