
They are only five points off the pace being set by Tottenham and Liverpool and still boast a game in hand on all of those above them – having taken in a delayed start to their 2020-21 campaign.
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Efforts on the road, which have delivered five successive comeback victories, are helping to make United competitive. A reversal in fortune at Old Trafford could see them become serious contenders for the ultimate prize, eight years after Sir Alex Ferguson toasted the last of his 13 successes, but Neville believes the usual suspects will start to edge clear in time.
The United legend told Sky Sports on an intriguing tussle for domestic supremacy: “I think he’s [Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho] got a chance because there’s no doubt Liverpool and Manchester City are not where they were. “Losing [Virgil] Van Dijk, I think Liverpool win this league at a canter if Van Dijk is fit. I really do, nobody can get near them.

“That’s what this season is doing to us because the top two [Liverpool and City] have set a bar that we’ve never seen before and now we are starting to see something more normal.”United’s focus is currently locked on Champions League duty as they seek to pick up the positive result at RB Leipzig that will carry them into the last 16, but they will get a chance to show their title credentials on Saturday when taking in a derby date with City at Old Trafford.
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