Sir Alex: Players See Title Chance

Sir Alex Ferguson says his players can see a golden opportunity to win silverware as United embark on the final ten matches of the season.

While the quest to win the Europa League for the first time is now over, the campaign to win the club's 20th league championship continues with a weekend trip to Wolves. Win that game and the Reds will be four points clear of Manchester City, who surrendered their five-month grip on top spot last Sunday with a slip-up at Swansea.

Sir Alex told MUTV: "The players have performed, they’ve gone out there and shown a great resilience and a great determination because they know they’ve got a chance of winning this league. They know they’ve got a great chance."

United go into Sunday's match at Molineux on the back of an impressive eight-game unbeaten run in the Barclays Premier League, yielding seven wins and a draw despite facing the likes of Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham.

"It’s marvellous, it’s a testimony to the players’ resilience," said the United manager.

"As we all know, we’ve had more injuries than is normal for any team, in any situation. It’s unusual to have so many injuries.

"I thought everyone was fine. Jones was back, Smalling was coming back... and then Smalling got a head injury, Jones went down with flu, Anderson picked up a hamstring problem and Nani injured his ankle. Just when you think you’ve got them all back, something else happens. But this hasn't derailed the team. They've been brilliant."

Many pundits feel the Reds' run-in looks preferable to Manchester City's on paper - but the boss says he hasn't scrutinised the Blues' schedule in enough detail to agree or disagree.

"To be honest with you I haven’t paid attention really to all their games. I know they’ve got some hard games like going to Arsenal and they’ve got Chelsea at home next Wednesday. So I look at those two games possibly.

"But for us, we’ve got to take one game at a time. It’s the best way. If you look too far ahead, you can get yourself confused. Thinking too far ahead can be a danger.

"The mental attitude of the players who’ve been there and done it all before is take it one game at a time and that's exactly what we're going to do.

"That’s the part they play – the Ferdinands, Evras, Giggs, Scholes and the Rooneys. They’re the ones who will guide the younger players. They bring that sense of ‘It’s not affecting me, it shouldn’t affect you.’ I think it helps, I really do."