Rio rules Arsenal out of race

Man Utd defender Rio Ferdinand believes that Arsenal are already out of the Premiership title race, after slipping nine points behind their other big three rivals at the top of the league.

Ferdinand has openly spoken of his opinion that the Gunners are out of the race: "It is not beyond Arsenal but it is my personal opinion that it will be between the other three this season."

"At the moment it looks like being nip and tuck but usually from Christmas onwards the teams who are going to be there at the end start pulling away.

"I can see that happening this season. I presume ourselves, Chelsea and Liverpool will pull