The pendulum swings again.

A busy day of Premiership action has seen the Premiership pendulum swing once again, with Manchester United now favourites to retain the title. Arsenal just managed a draw at home to Aston Villa, with a last minute equaliser from Bendtner, whilst United took an easy three points from struggling Fulham, with a three-nil victory.

Bookies, knowing that Arsenal still have to travel to Old Trafford and Stamford Bridge immediately made United favourites. To hold on now Arsenal will have to hope for more slips up from United, who have already lost 4 games this season or will have to ensure that they do not lose at Old Trafford and would then need to pick up 3points away at Chelsea to ensure that they stay on top of the table.

Alex Ferguson, meanwhile, will be doing his utmost to ensure that United do not drop anymore points and let Arsenal slip away again. Wenger, arguably, has the harder of the tasks. Recent incidents, such as the horrific injury to Eduardo and 'The William Gallas show' will do nothing for his young teams confidence and their season will now depend on Wengers ability to settle his ship in stormy waters.

However given Arsenal's squads average age and the fact that most pundits had written them off before the season had even started (citing Wenger's 'failure' to replace the departed Henry) would a second place finish be the end of the world? Not in my opinion. Arsenal are a great team but I do think that they have weaknesses in their squad, especially when compared to United and Chelsea. A second place finish would inspire Wenger to dip into the transfer market and a world class winger would go a long way to pushing Arsenal on next season. The youngsters will be another year older and another year wiser and they will undoubtedly be in the mix again.

But it's not over yet. In my opinion United, Chelsea and Arsenal are all still in with a shout. Chelsea are the outsiders but both Arsenal and United have to travel to Stamford Bridge and Chelsea will fancy their chances of taking 3 points from both of them. If Chelsea win their game in hand and then beat both United and Arsenal at the Bridge they will be level on points with Arsenal and 1 point behind United.

It really is going to be the most exciting climax to a Premiership season for many a year! Read more!