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Strategist Sir Alex Ferguson and his colleague from London, Arsene Wenger, publicly admitted that this season they cannot match the strength of the London team and practically lost all hopes of fighting for the title of English champions.
Yesterday, both of these teams played against each other and after the match ended in a draw, "Chelsea" increased their lead over "Man Utd" to 13 points, and to "Arsenal" - a staggering 24 points.
After the unusually open match, A. Wenger told journalists, "The players were less nervous this time, because we are no longer fighting for the title and cannot compete with 'Chelsea'." "Chelsea's consistency and coherence are above us," - agreed his colleague A. Ferguson.
Overall, the fact that the managers of these English superclubs, who have dominated the league since its establishment, admit that they have no chances to fight for the top spot after playing only 21 matches, is a memorable event in the football-crazy country's life.
Nevertheless, A. Wenger described the result of yesterday's game as positive: "I'm not talking about the title, but I think this result is positive. If we look at 'Chelsea,' we can see that they are a very mature team. All of their players are between 25-30 years old. They have strength and enormous self-confidence in their abilities. And we have a young team, so it's important for us not to lose big games."
A. Ferguson also spoke in a similar way: "In the long run, we hope to reach the level of 'Chelsea.' Our team is young and will only improve. We want to be closest to 'Chelsea' if they start to falter. After all, you never know what might happen."
