Fergie: Euro result perfect lift May 02 2008
Sir Alex Ferguson insists Manchester United are back in the driving seat to ruin Chelsea's title dreams despite last weekend's bitter defeat to their rivals.
Ferguson also brushed aside Blues boss Avram Grant's criticism of Alan Curbishley after the West Ham manager said it would be an injustice if the Red Devils were not crowned champions.
The United manager acknowledged the Irons had proved tough opponents in the past - they have actually beaten Ferguson's side on the last three occasions - and would be at Old Trafford again on Saturday.
Fergie said: "I don't know why he's suggesting there's going to be anything untoward. They should know better than anyone, Chelsea, about these situations.
"But we must be in the driving seat, if we both win two games we have the better goal difference. Hopefully we can win the match tomorrow which would go a long way to winning the league.
"Newcastle is not an easy place to go now for Chelsea, they are on the march.
"The important thing for us is concentrating on tomorrow's game. If both of us win both our games I will be very happy."
The veteran Scot feels the victory over Barcelona on Tuesday night to set up a UEFA Champions League final in Moscow against Chelsea, who overcame Liverpool 24 hours later, could prove the most important point of the season.
"We were all disappointed to lose to Chelsea last Saturday, it doesn't matter how you have lost," he said.
"I think the most important thing is our result on Tuesday night, it gave us the lift at the right time.
"Now we can pick our strongest team for the next two games and have the squad to change it if we want to and hopefully we can get over the line."
Ferguson also believes the atmosphere at Old Trafford on Saturday could provide the thrust to push United towards the finishing line.
"Maybe I don't even need to give a team talk, I'll just let the fans do that," he said.
"They were fantastic on Tuesday night, I don't think there has been an atmosphere in the ground like that in my time here."