Why Reborn Chelsea could be the Ones to Spoil Manchester United Quintuple Party

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While the footballing world's attention has been focused on Manchester United's dominance and Liverpool's Jekyll and Hyde act, Guus Hididnk has quietly been performing a minor miracle down on the King's Road.

In roughly the same amount of time it takes Fernando Torres to warm up his hamstring, the Dutchman has transformed Chelsea from a fractured, fractious farce into a ruthlessly efficient winning team.

Manchester United might be wobbling - no matter how slightly - but the Blues now appear to be rock solid. And the return of the fabulous Michael Essien from injury will only make them better.

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Manchester United might be on for the quintuple, but let's not forget Chelsea are still on for a treble of their own.

And all of a sudden, it doesn't look beyond the realms of possibility that they might land at least one of them.

( Dan Silver / Mirror )