We have had a fairly productive season against the top 4 teams - 4 wins, 2 losses and 2 draws.
every season, our games against the mid table clubs has been our downfall. conversely, United and Chelsea win most of these games and they win it well with a few goals to spare.
when we gave United a good challenge, we won alot of these games too.
Needless to say, if we improve our home form to at least 14-15 wins a season and win 7-9 games away, we will be right up there in the top two. Draws are just useless these days unless it is against the top 4 away, then i see them as denying them two extra points rather than gaining 1.