what i have seen over this weekend tells me that there are only two teams left in the title race: manchester united and arsenal.

chelsea have no desire at all. so what if terry comes back? i think it's not about terry. it's their kind of football, if you can call that football. and i thought the internal turmoil could be a spur; how wrong i was.

liverpool are simply not good enough. fortress anfield? that's a myth. who went there twice in a row and scored 9 goals there? ok, it was dudek, but dudek is not some 17 year old kid playing on the big stage for the first time. rusty might be an excuse, but think about it. you get whacked 3-0, let's not talk about the 6-3, and you can call your home a fortress? you don't lose like that, whoever you field. liverpool will appear to be in the race, but 3rd is the best they can go.

if you look at things from a football perspective, it's obvious that the two best teams in england are arsenal and manchester united. both play attacking football, which differ in style and philosophy. man u is nice to watch, but arsenal is nicer. and for the first time in a while, a man u-arsenal game is about football, not really marred by anything.

i disagree with one of the legends they interviewed after the game: man u certainly din dominate; it was 50-50, more towards arsenal in fact, because man u only really controlled the start and end of the first half. arsenal were dominant in the other stages.

amazingly, when rooney scored, i was not very worried. not even angry as i usually would be. because there was still time. up till the 80th minute, i was still confident. and then van persie slammed it home, in a goal that's as good as rooney's in the build-up, if not better. and of course, when eboue made that run, i had this good feeling, which was of course justified as soon as the net bulged.

on a side note, just as i was so confident about us beating them, i suddenly remembered that rooney hasnt scored in very long. and i thought there was a 70 percent chance he would score, and my belief wavered for a while. i am glad we proved that my initial calculation, that we would win, was flawless, because we can always score 2.

and so it was. 12 points. it's a position man u has come back behind from. so if you ask me, the title race is still alive. and like arsene wenger, i have an idea who would be champions, but if i tell you, you might laugh.

it is very special to beat manchester united, especially twice. whether they become champions, or we become champions, the fact remains the same. the only conclusion we would be able to draw at the end of it all would be whether our slips at lesser opposition have cost us.