Seven points from four games will assure United of a third
successive Barclays Premier League title, but Ryan Giggs insists
the Reds aren’t getting ahead of themselves.
Saturday’s stroll at Middlesbrough put the Reds six points clear
of Liverpool, but Giggs – going for his record-extending 11th
league title – expects the Merseysiders to keep plugging away.
“We always pencilled this in as a tough game,” Giggs told Sky
Sports at the Riverside Stadium. “It always is against
Middlesbrough and we struggled here last year.
“We just wanted to get this one out of the way. We’ve done that
and now we’ve just got to concentrate on the remaining games,
because Liverpool are a good side and they’ll definitely fight to
the end.”
Giggs opened the scoring in fine fashion against Gareth
Southgate’s side, and it was a fitting end to a perfect week for
the Welshman.
“It’s been a great week,” he said. “Winning the (PFA Player of
the Year) award, reaching 800 appearances and scoring today, it
really couldn’t have gone ant better.”