Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson believes his side can beat Arsenal and Chelsea

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Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has challenged his players to beat Arsenal and Chelsea to secure the Premier League title.

Ferguson is frustrated at talk that their upcoming games represent a chance for Arsenal and Chelsea to win the league, and he views it very differently.

“We want to win these games,” Ferguson said in an article in The Guardian.

“People have been inferring for some time that this is Arsenal’s chance to beat us on their ground and come back to win the league, and that it is Chelsea’s chance to beat us at Old Trafford and win the league.

“Well, I take a different view and my view is why can we not win these games? The form we are in, we have a chance of doing that. They are not easy games but they are not going to be easy games for Arsenal or Chelsea either.”

Manchester United have dropped just two points in the league at Old Trafford this season but have come in for some criticism because of their away form – flak that Ferguson believes is unfair.

“We have had enough criticism about our away form,” Ferguson said.

“Some of it has been justified. I haven’t been happy with some of the away form but our form at Old Trafford has been magnificent, first class.

“We have had some great performances and scored the most goals in the league and overall the criticism has not been well founded.”