Cech: Red Devils will feel the strain.CHELSEA goalkeeper Petr Cech insists Manchester United will feel the strain of their bid to win an unprecedented quintuple quin·tu·ple adj. 1. Consisting of five parts or members. 2. Five times as much in size, strength, number, or amount. n. A fivefold amount or number. tr. & intr.v. . Chelsea pulled to within four points of Premier League leaders United with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Portsmouth at Fratton Park on Tuesday. Didier Drogba's 79th-minute strike ensured a fourth straight win for interim boss Guus Hiddink. However, Cech knows only too well how United's quest for glory Quest for Glory is a series of hybrid role-playing/adventure computer games designed by Corey and Lori Ann Cole. The series combined humor, puzzle elements, themes and characters borrowed from various legends, puns, and memorable characters, creating one of the on all fronts can backfire. Chelsea were on course for the quadruple in 2006-7 until early May but then had to settle for just the Carling car·ling n. One of the short timbers running fore and aft that connect the transverse beams supporting the deck of a ship. [Middle English, from Old French calingue and from Old Norse and FA Cups. Sir Alex Ferguson's side are targeting the title, Champions League and FA Cup to add to the Carling and Club World Cup they have already won. Cech said: "It's hard when you want to win every competition - we know because we have gone close before. You can have a bad day and sometimes it's not even that, it's just bad luck. Sometimes you hit the woodwork three times and then concede at the other end and you're out of a competition. "It is always tough. You need to have everything going for you, the momentum and luck to achieve it. It's hard." |
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