Harry Ngata: Man U will win Premier League

For the football purist the climax to the Premier League will be one for the scrap book.

This week, much like the last few, fans of heavyweights Chelsea and Manchester United will once again be submitted to palpitations and rising blood pressure in what is looming as a race to the wire. Who will lunge at the last second to cross the white line in front by a whisker or time their last stroke like an Olympic swimmer?

My money is on the Reds. Why? Experience and a wily old fox named Sir Alex Ferguson. Many questioned the ageing legs of Giggs and Scholes and while both have been used largely from the bench, their majestic careers have been slowly burning like a candle. You cannot for one second write them off.

Injuries and suspensions to key players have threatened to derail their push for a fourth title on the trot and while Rooney and Nani have been the difference up front, they once again have been miserly at the back, conceding only 28 goals.

Year after year, Ferguson inspires his troops to produce the quality required to lift the most sought after domestic league trophy on the planet. Much like their Anfield rivals, there is a certain mystique or romance that is embedded in the club steeped on tradition and community spirit. From the greats Bill Shankley, Bob Paisley and Bobby Charlton to the 'This is Anfield' sign that stares you in the face as you run out onto the pitch, winning trophies is a way of life.

I like Carlo Ancelotti. I admired him as a player at AC Milan. I spent all of my football life in Australia playing for Italian clubs and as a consequence was a fan of Italian football. Football and family always came first - then pasta and vino.

Pasta is not a staple diet at Chelsea these days, well not in the boardroom anyway, where vodka - of the Roman Abramovich variety - has given Chelsea the muscle to broaden their trophy cabinet.

In Didier Drogba, Nicolas Anelka, Michael Essien and Frank Lampard they truly have match-winning quality. Good enough to win the league? Most definitely. Their rhythm and open expression of each player's ability has captured the imagination and fuelled their desire to win. They can be breathtaking at times and when on their game can produce a song sheet Mozart would be proud of. Just ask Stoke.

I'm excited that the two best teams will slog it out in the last two weeks. The Premier League is and always will be a first past the post league, however I'm in favour of a finals series in developing leagues like the MLS and A-League.

Winning, promotion and relegation are what clubs exist for. I heard a comment from a Sunderland fan a few weeks ago that he felt their season was over and had nothing to play for. He actually sounded disappointed. They can't win the league or get into Europe and are safe from the drop zone. There wasn't that air of desperation or excitement that is lingering around the top two at the moment.

We've been served up some quality football this season from the EPL, Champions League, A-League and World Cup qualifiers but I haven't seen such a complete display of football for a long time like the way Barcelona cruelly ravaged Arsenal 4-0 a few weeks ago with Lionel Messi holding the leash.

Fingers crossed that Manchester United and Chelsea produce a finale that leaves fans desperate for more. They won't have to wait for long. We'll be midway through May with the World Cup around the corner and then into August to do it all over again.