Alan Hansen: Chelsea do not have the enterprise to win the Premier League

By Alan Hansen 700AM GMT twenty-two March 2010

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Tough going Chelsea should have absolutely knocked about Blackburn Rovers on Sunday but in the future had to solve for a point at Ewood Park Photo AP

The pretension run-in is well underway, but Manchester United and Arsenal are the usually teams who have that genuine enterprise to win it.

There has never been a deteriorate when the pretension has been there for the receiving as it has been this year and Chelsea should have won it by a nation mile.

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United have struggled for a prolonged time and constructed some-more bad performances than I can ever remember. Arsenal, carrying lost heavily to both United and Chelsea, should have been out of the competition a prolonged time ago. Chelsea should be home and hosed by right away but, for whatever reason, they have not shown the enterprise compulsory to win the league.

Why has that happened? It could be down to a host of reasons, but greatest subject is do they unequivocally wish it? If you see at Arsenal and United in new weeks, their performances discuss it you definitely that they desperately wish to win the league. Thats since I hold that the pretension competition is right away in in in between those two. Chelsea are not out of it, but they dont crop up to wish it enough.

Sunday was a genuine pen for them. Having seen United kick Liverpool following Arsenals win opposite West Ham on Saturday, Chelsea could and should have knocked about Blackburn inside twenty-five minutes, but it didnt happen.

Maybe age is catching up with Chelsea and they positively miss gait in key areas. If they dont win the league, they will need uninformed red blood in the summer with 4 or five new signings, but what happens subsequent all depends on Roman Abramovich and either he has the enterprise to begin again.

Chelsea competence point to the damage that has cost them the services of Michael Essien since he has been a outrageous loss. But that forgive doesnt wash since Arsenal have been but Robin outpost Persie for months and United have had to understanding with both Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic being harmed for prolonged periods.

Chelsea have as well most players whose grant comes in to question. What does John Obi Mikel do? Michael Ballack doesnt do enough, nonetheless he looks similar to removing a new contract. Salomon Kalou is in and out and Nicolas Anelka, who looked shining progressing in the season, has right away left off the boil. There are no immature players entrance by who see similar to replacing the ageing superstars.

So unless things shift dramatically at Chelsea, United and Arsenal will quarrel it out for the pretension and you have to contend that Sir Alex Fergusons group are slight favourites.

They have been over the march and left the area so most times prior to and that counts for so most at this stage, when the games get bold and the vigour starts to tell.

Arsenal dont have that experience, but they have been display genuine idea in themselves recently. The subject right away is either they can overcome the vigour since it is unequivocally formidable to keep winning when you are in the shutting weeks of the season.

Arsenal fool around Wolves at the Emirates in in in in between their dual Champions League fixtures opposite Barcelona, but whilst Wolves at home would crop up a candid game, the European daze ensures it will be a unequivocally formidable fixture.

United have a diversion opposite Chelsea sandwiched in in in between their Champions League games opposite Bayern Munich, so that could means them a complaint too. In the space of eight days, United have 3 games that could conclude their season, but that is just what tip players penchant and it is where craving and enterprise come in.

They will be unfortunate to go out and win all 3 and Sir Alex will simply be revelation his players to keep winning their games to keep the vigour on Arsenal and Chelsea.

Saying it is one thing, you do it is an additional make a difference entirely, but United see unequivocally clever collectively and they have been here so most times before.

They are dual points transparent at the tip and have the most appropriate idea difference, so they will feel assured that they can see off their rivals to win the joining once again.