Rio Ferdinand claims Manchester United have 'choked' in Premier League title race

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straight to your inbox every day for freeRio Ferdinand believes Manchester United have "choked" in their Premier League title bid.United are currently second in the table and five points behind leaders Manchester City, who have a game in hand and are the league's form team.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer 's side have lost ground in the race in recent weeks, winning just two of their last six top-flight games and dropping points to Liverpool, Sheffield United, Arsenal and Fulham.

Ferdinand finds it tough to see how United can end the season as champions. “You can’t defend it. At the end of the day Man United were sitting pretty at the top of the league," he said on his Rio Ferdinand Presents FIVE podcast. “We didn’t come into this season expecting to.