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Pressure on United: Ballack

AFP, London
German international captain Michael Ballack believes Manchester United
are showing signs of cracking up as the Premier League title race enters the final furlong.
Ballack knows what it feels like to blow the advantage in a title fight after his time at Bayer Leverkusen. The German club let the pressure from Bayern Munich get to them in 2000 and lost the Bundesliga crown on thelast day of the season.
United have allowed Chelsea to draw level with them after losing 2-1 at Stamford Bridge on Saturday and Ballack, the two-goal hero of that victory, feels their spluttering form is evidence Sir Alex Ferguson's side are feeling the heat.
"Manchester United still haw everything in their hands but the pressure is on them.” Ballack said. "It looked like they were champions, but now it's getting smaller and tighter. "In 2000 I was in a similar situation at Leverkusen, but we were the ones leading and Bayern Munich caught us. In the last game we were three points in front, but lost the game and the title.
"It can happen up to the last minute. The pressure is on them because last week they looked like they were the champions. They had a five-point lead and now we have closed the gap."
Chelsea have confounded critics who insisted they had no chance of catching United and Ballack is convinced Avram Grant's team can go on to enjoy European, as well as domestic, success.
The Blues face Liverpool in the Champions League semifinal second leg on Wednesday in pole position to go through after their 1 -1 drawatAnfield.
"Nobody expected Chelsea to be in this position now or in the Champions League," Ballack said.
"We are possibly just four games away from two big prizes and we have put ourselves in this situation. This is where we want to be. We like
this situation. I think we look fresh and better than all other teams, even in the Champions League now."
With Frank Lampard absent as he mourns the death of his mother, Ballack took over penalty duties against United and kept his nerve to stroke home the winner after Michael Carrick handled.
Ballack admitted that his cool finish was typical of the way Germany's top players excel under the pressure of penalties.
'I'm used to handling these situations. I took a lot of important penalties in my career and this was a big situation.’’ he said. "It was no problem for me and 1 liked it. We have to be good at something at least!
"Normally Frank is there to take the penalty. He is usually first having been here a long time and he is used to it. But I scored a few last year and we have a lot of good penalty takers.
"It also depends how you feel at the time, how the game has been going for you and if you feel confident. I have missed a few in my career back in the Bundesliga, but they were not important games."