{"id":360407,"date":"2011-04-02T09:06:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-02T09:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/02\/nani-says-manchester-united-must-beat-west-ham-if-they-are-to-win-the-premier-league-this-season\/"},"modified":"2011-04-02T09:06:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-02T09:06:00","slug":"nani-says-manchester-united-must-beat-west-ham-if-they-are-to-win-the-premier-league-this-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/02\/nani-says-manchester-united-must-beat-west-ham-if-they-are-to-win-the-premier-league-this-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Nani says Manchester United must beat West Ham if they are to win the Premier League this season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Jake Watson<\/h3>\n<h4>2 Apr 2011 10:06:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"64.52380952381\">\n<div readability=\"12.9375\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Luis Nani, Manchester United\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/3795ad3d126228_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Luis Nani, Manchester United<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"28.3599695586\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/97\/man-utd\">Manchester United<\/a> midfielder <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/portugal\/10351\/luis-carlos-almeida-da-cunha-nani\">Nani<\/a> says today\u2019s visit to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/374\/west-ham-united\">West Ham<\/a> is key to their title chances this season.<\/p>\n<p>United currently lead the Premier League by five points, although Arsenal have a game in hand and United are yet to travel to the Emirates this season, leaving the title race in the balance.<\/p>\n<p>With the Red Devils in action at relegation-threatened West Ham this weekend, Nani insists they will not be taking the Hammers lightly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur visit to West Ham is the sort of situation that decides titles,\u201d he told <em>The Sun<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are obliged to win if we want to be the champions. This month is so decisive and our challenge is to win every match, so as not to depend on others to obtain our objectives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Portuguese international is set to play a key role in the title race and the Champions League, but insists that despite facing Chelsea in the quarter-finals of Europe&#8217;s elite competition next week they are currently looking no further than today\u2019s game at Upton Park.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one in the dressing room is thinking about Chelsea yet &#8211; only West Ham.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The real truth is every match between now and the end of the season is like a cup final. We can&#8217;t give our rivals anything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/3795ad3d126228_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read more:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/04\/02\/2422406\/nani-says-manchester-united-must-beat-west-ham-if-they-are\" title=\"Nani says Manchester United must beat West Ham if they are to win the Premier League this season\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nani says Manchester United must beat West Ham if they are to win the Premier League this season<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Jake Watson 2 Apr 2011 10:06:00 Luis Nani, Manchester United Related Links Teams Players Manchester United midfielder Nani says today\u2019s visit to West Ham is key to their title chances this season. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-360407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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