I appreciate that this post is going to sound like a Manchester United fan trying to change the rules at the last minute because he’s starting to get a bit worried that he might have to eat his hat but this season, but La Liga will be decided based on the head-to-heads of the teams concerned should two teams end the season on the same points (as opposed to goal difference).

It probably won’t come to it but I wonder if this might be a better method than goal difference and should be adopted here in England?

The reason I suggest it is obviously because Arsenal are still in with a chance of winning the League this season and if they do then they will probably be the most undeserving Champions for a long time.

A few weeks ago, they were all but written off (I think they were something like eight points behind Chelsea at the time) and had just been royally stuffed by us AND Chelsea.

However, I think they have benefited from being written off so early. It has become like a horse race where two horses are running neck and neck on the stands side in the final furlong and all eyes are focused on those two, no one notices the horse on the far side coming from behind with an almighty sprint towards the line.

When we dropped points, we looked at Chelsea and were happy when they also slipped up and vice versa. Meanwhile Arsenal were helping themselves to three points and so the gap has been closed. The two horse race is now very much a three horse race.

However, when you consider that we have beaten Arsenal home and away and Chelsea have beaten them home and away, can Arsenal truly be considered the best team in England?

Our own victory against them at Old Trafford was perhaps a little fortunate but our away win wasn’t. We slaughtered them and made them look lightweight. When Chelsea beat Arsenal 3-1 home and away, the difference between the two teams was almost tangible. Arsenal looked like a kitten attempting to kill a lion.

I still don’t think Arsenal will win the League and as the weeks go by and Chelsea’s problems seem to grow, I think we are looking more and more likely. We have the tougher fixtures on paper but Arsenal won’t find playing against teams threatened with relegation particularly easy either. As for Chelsea, the longer Cech is injured, the more beatable they look.