I really can't believe Man U are now top of the table. Even Van Gaal said they won't be winning the title earlier in the season but that seems to have changed.
Mourinho said similar things last year when Chelsea looked almost certain to win the Premier League. Van Gaal was presumably just taking pressure off the players by lowering the expectations for the team in the public eye. It doesn't mean that within the club that the players are not expected to win the title.
Their next game is against Arsenal. I do believe Arsenal has a better team and better overal quality. If Utd can beat Arsenal with effective football then they will have a decent chance to win the BPL. Chelsea is pure trash at the moment. If they don't get over these bad results, they will probably have another bad weekend next week against Southampton. We'll see.
Both Chelsea and Arsenal lost tonight in their Champions League games and with that it makes both teams seem like less convincing title contenders. It's not exactly a solid indication of Premier League performance, but especially in Chelsea's case it shows a consistent decline in form and further exposes their defensive frailties. Pure trash accurately explains them at the minute. I'll wait and see Utd's result tomorrow to see how they play before predicting how the game at the weekend with Arsenal will shape up.
Chelsea not able to win from Porto and Arsenal not able to win from Olympiakos is quite sad to see. Especially as a lot people find that the BPL is the toughest league in the world, which I tend to agree with.
But as soon as Man City, Chelsea, Arsenal, Man Utd and Liverpool face Barcelona, Real Madrid or Bayern Munich they get trashed like amateur teams. I really hope Man Utd can put a good result together against Wolfsburg. I predict a boring draw.