Cool United in mood to test Chelsea’s nerve

Darren Fletcher is confident Manchester United will keep their nerve in the Premier League’s final exchanges.

For the second Saturday in succession, the Red Devils were forced to wait until late to claim a vital win.

Victory over Tottenham was not achieved with the last attack, as was the case the previous weekend against Manchester City, but it took goals in the last nine minutes from Nani and Ryan Giggs to seal a 3–1 win.

Chelsea responded with a 7–0 thrashing of Stoke yesterday, so with two games to play United are still a point behind and by the time they are in action again, at Sunderland next Sunday, the Stamford Bridge outfit will have completed their clash with Liverpool, which is by far the Red Devils’ best hope of their rivals slipping up.

In Rooney’s absence, United will rely on Dimitar Berbatov, who was excellent against his former club, plus old stagers Scholes and Giggs, whose first penalty was cancelled out by the excellent Ledley King 20 minutes from time.

King’s outstanding performance drew further calls from Harry Redknapp for a place among the 23–man England squad Fabio Capello will take to South Africa for his captain.