Manchester United favourites for Premier League

Newly crowned Carling Cup champions Manchester United are marginal favourites with bookies to win the Premiership after Chelsea’s 4-2 defeat at the hands of Manchester City at Stamford Bridge.

United are 11/8 across the board with Chelsea just behind at 6/4.

After defeating Stoke on the road, Arsenal have come in from 7/1 to 11/4, although the shine was taken off their win by a horrific injury to Aaron Ramsey.

Liverpool’s win over Blackburn on Sunday sees them come in to 6/4 for a top-four finish – the same price as Manchester City - while Tottenham’s 2-1 defeat of Everton puts them at 4/1 for a Champions League spot.

At the other end of the table, Burnley’s defeat to relegation rivals Portsmouth sees them as short as 4/11 to go down. Portsmouth, who remain at the foot of the table and are likely to receive a nine-point penalty after going into administration, are quoted by Bet365 as 1/250 for the drop.

Hull City and Wolverhampton Wanderers are both 11/10 to fall out of the top division.