Rio expects three-horse race
16 Dec 2008 - 09:08:47
Manchester United captain Rio Ferdinand believes that this season's Premier League title race will come down to a battle between his side, Chelsea and Liverpool.
The England centre-back thinks that Arsenal will be unable to make up the ground they have already lost this term, with United aiming to make it a hat-trick of titles next May.
Ferdinand said: "It is not beyond Arsenal, but it is my personal opinion that it will be between the other three this season.
"At the moment it looks like being nip and tuck, but usually from Christmas onwards the teams who are going to be there at the end start pulling away.
"I can see that happening this season. I presume ourselves, Chelsea and Liverpool will pull away, then it will be down to two and finally one."