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<SPAN class=titolo>New Year In The Premiership...</SPAN> <SPAN class=sommario>The New Year kicks off with another full progamme in the Premiership, eight of the games taking place on New Year's Day and the remaining two on Tuesday evening.</SPAN>
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And the focus will again be on the top of the table, where leaders <?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = ST1 /><ST1:CITY w:st="on">Manchester</ST1:CITY> United have the opportunity to be nine points ahead of <ST1:CITY w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on">Chelsea</ST1:PLACE></ST1:CITY> by the time the defending champions play on Tuesday.<?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = O /><O:P></O:P>
It has been a near-perfect festive period so far for Sir Alex Ferguson's side. He celebrated his 65th birthday on New Year's Eve but is still displaying the passion of a much younger man as he sees the prospect of ninth Premiership title looming tantalizingly closer.<O:P></O:P>
In many respects, winning the League this season would rank alongside if not above Ferguson's many other achievements, given Chelsea's recent dominance and the fact that United were popularly perceived to be ill-equipped to sustain a title challenge against Jose Mourinho's richly endowed squad. Ironically, it is <ST1:CITY w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on">Chelsea</ST1:PLACE></ST1:CITY> whose strength in depth is being questioned at the halfway stage of what they planned would be a third successive title-winning season.<O:P></O:P>
Consecutive 2-2 home draws against promoted <ST1:CITY w:st="on">Reading</ST1:CITY> and neighbors Fulham have allowed rampant United to put daylight between the two title contenders, as injuries to key men have exposed <ST1:CITY w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on">Chelsea</ST1:PLACE></ST1:CITY>'s limitations. Some of the swagger from <ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><ST1:PLACENAME w:st="on">Stamford</ST1:PLACENAME> <ST1:PLACETYPE w:st="on">Bridge</ST1:PLACETYPE></ST1:PLACE> has disappeared during the past week, with Mourinho frankly admitting that his team is not delivering the goods. The Portuguese tactician insists that the gap between <ST1:CITY w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on">Chelsea</ST1:PLACE></ST1:CITY> and United is eminently bridgeable, but following the Blues' draw with F
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<DIV id=Articolo_ei1_p2></DIV></DIV><SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class=banner300><SCRIPT language=javascript type=text/javascript>Ads_kid=0;Ads_bid=0;Ads_xl=0;Ads_yl=0;A ds_xp='';Ads_yp='';Ads_xp1='';Ads_yp1='';Ads_opt=0 ;Ads_wrd='[KeyWord]';Ads_par='';Ads_cnturl='';</SCRIPT><SCRIPT language=javascript src="http://a.as-us.falkag.net/dat/cjf/00/15/03/23.js" type=text/javascript></SCRIPT><SCRIPT language=JavaScript src="http://a.as-us.falkag.net/dat/bjf/00/13/73/38.js" type=text/javascript></SCRIPT><SCRIPT language=JavaScript>function Ads_PopUp() {}</SCRIPT><SCRIPT language=JavaScript src="http://a.as-us.falkag.net/dat/brf/00/31/91/48.js" type=text/javascript></SCRIPT><SCRIPT src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type=text/javascript> </SCRIPT><DIV id=Ads_Count150323 style="POSITION: absolute"></DIV></DIV></DIV>And the focus will again be on the top of the table, where leaders <?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = ST1 /><ST1:CITY w:st="on">Manchester</ST1:CITY> United have the opportunity to be nine points ahead of <ST1:CITY w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on">Chelsea</ST1:PLACE></ST1:CITY> by the time the defending champions play on Tuesday.<?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = O /><O:P></O:P>
It has been a near-perfect festive period so far for Sir Alex Ferguson's side. He celebrated his 65th birthday on New Year's Eve but is still displaying the passion of a much younger man as he sees the prospect of ninth Premiership title looming tantalizingly closer.<O:P></O:P>
In many respects, winning the League this season would rank alongside if not above Ferguson's many other achievements, given Chelsea's recent dominance and the fact that United were popularly perceived to be ill-equipped to sustain a title challenge against Jose Mourinho's richly endowed squad. Ironically, it is <ST1:CITY w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on">Chelsea</ST1:PLACE></ST1:CITY> whose strength in depth is being questioned at the halfway stage of what they planned would be a third successive title-winning season.<O:P></O:P>
Consecutive 2-2 home draws against promoted <ST1:CITY w:st="on">Reading</ST1:CITY> and neighbors Fulham have allowed rampant United to put daylight between the two title contenders, as injuries to key men have exposed <ST1:CITY w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on">Chelsea</ST1:PLACE></ST1:CITY>'s limitations. Some of the swagger from <ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><ST1:PLACENAME w:st="on">Stamford</ST1:PLACENAME> <ST1:PLACETYPE w:st="on">Bridge</ST1:PLACETYPE></ST1:PLACE> has disappeared during the past week, with Mourinho frankly admitting that his team is not delivering the goods. The Portuguese tactician insists that the gap between <ST1:CITY w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on">Chelsea</ST1:PLACE></ST1:CITY> and United is eminently bridgeable, but following the Blues' draw with F
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