Sunday Times:
You cannot imagine Jose Mourinho dissolving in anxiety Kevin Keegan style, jabbing his finger at a television camera and croaking, "I'd love it, love it" in his thick accent. But Sir Alex Ferguson has a habit of getting to every opponent in the end and finally, in the Premiership, the Special One seems under pressure. A Chelsea lead that once stood at 17 points was cut to just seven points yesterday. While Manchester United won impressively at Bolton, Chelsea could only draw against second-bottom Birmingham and Mourinho, for the first time, admitted the league situation has him "concerned".
When Chelsea had their huge lead Liverpool were second, with United in third place, 18 points behind. Under Roman Abramovich the London club always go for super-sizing and if they go on and lose the league it would represent the biggest capitulation in Premiership history, worse than when Keegan's Newcastle were overhauled by United in 1995-96.
Ferguson was gleeful. "We've asked questions of Chelsea. Obviously everyone expected them to beat Birmingham today. They have to come here (the Reebok) in a fortnight, when the pitch will be even worse than it was today and there could be a swirling wind," he said. "They've also got to go to Blackburn." He doesn't miss much and it surely had not eluded Ferguson that the St Andrew's stalemate was Chelsea's third straight away game without a win.
"I'm concerned," said Mourinho. "I want to win every game but if we win our matches at home and lose our last three away matches it is in our hands. We can throw it away but we can also catch it and be champions again." Ferguson cranked things up by observing: "If your form is good in April you have a good chance. If you're stuttering then you can throw it away. We're catching them and hopefully the winning line doesn't come too quickly. Our fans were magnificent today and they can push us over that line."