Man Utd have choked in EPL title race – Rio Ferdinand

Rio Ferdinand has said Manchester United “have choked” in the Premier League title race.

The Red Devils went top after 19 fixtures, but a run of two draws and a defeat from their last four games has seen them fall off.

United are five points adrift of leaders Manchester City, having played a game more and Ferdinand feels the opportunity to win the Premier League in 2020/2021 has gone.

“You can’t defend it. Man United were sitting pretty at the top of the league,” the former Manchester United defender said on Rio Ferdinand Presents FIVE.

“You see the league table, you look at the results, you get excited. When you put yourself in that position, Man United have to strike.

“When there’s an opportunity you’ve got to go. The problem is we’ve let this opportunity slip through our hands.

“You can see Man City with their experience, they’ve smelt blood, they’ve put their heads down, they’ve gone.

“But Man United have stuttered, we’ve got the choke going in and out, haven’t got it quite working properly.

“We have choked, it’s simple as that.

“I’d put us out of the title challenge unless we go on a run and we change our habits and our lack of consistency.

“But I haven’t seen enough to suggest we can go on a ten, 15-game winning streak. We’re tripping ourselves up all the time.”