Sir Alex Ferguson: Premier League title race not over<br /><br />Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson believes the Premier League title race is still alive, despite Roberto Mancini saying the opposite.<br />United are five points ahead of City with five games left and on Wednesday City boss Mancini stated: "It is finished. Five points is too much."<br />But Ferguson said: "I think he picked the wrong time to say that.<br />"There are five games still to go. The twists and turns of the Premier League, it's fascinating."<br />Ferguson's men moved eight points clear on Sunday after they beat QPR and City lost at Arsenal.<br />But the deficit was reduced on Wednesday as Mancini's side swept past West Brom and United suffered a shock defeat by Wigan.<br />"We have to put it in a bit of perspective," said Ferguson, whose team had taken 34 points from their previous 12 games.<br />"You drop points in the second half of the season. We have done it most years.<br />"There has been an odd year when we have gone on a long run without losing but a couple of years back we lost 4-1 to Liverpool and won the league.<br />"You do drop points on the run-in. City and ourselves have both experienced that.<br />"But from the position we were in a few months ago, to where we are today, we have to be delighted.<br />"The great part of our club is that we do recover, and we have to recover from Wednesday."<br />Paul Scholes will feature against Aston Villa at Old Trafford on Sunday after the midfielder was rested at Wigan.<br />The 37-year-old came out of retirement in January and has been instrumental in United's quest for a 20th top-flight title.<br />"Paul has shown his influence since he came back but I did the right thing to rest him on Wednesday," Ferguson added.<br />"He will be fresh on Sunday and he will play."<br />Ferguson confirmed his squad had suffered no fresh injuries ahead of Villa's visit.<br /><br />/Football on Youtube brings you the latest football news, transfer rumours and footballing gossip from the English Premier League and European Champions League.<br /><br />Ta
