Arsenal are the main threat with Liverpool close behind.
'We have been battling away with them (Arsenal) for the past seven years,' he said. 'Liverpool are very strong and powerful. They have a great team spirit and will be hard to beat. But Arsenal are the ones we will have to overcome.’
'They finished last year with 14 wins in a row, which is fantastic form in any league. They didn't lose an away game either and those two factors intermingled were the reasons why they won the title. We galvanised ourselves after a bad patch but when we needed a break against Liverpool in January it didn't come. It didn't leave us with any leeway but, even if we had kept our charge going, we still might not have won it.'