Twelve ahead with twelve to go

Victory over Everton - courtesy of goals from Ryan Giggs and Robin van Persie - stretched Manchester United's lead at the top of the Barclays Premier League to 12 points this morning at Old Trafford. That's right, 12 points. And with just 12 games to play, Sir Alex Ferguson’s men are now undoubtedly well placed to go on and clinch a 20th league title, although the events of last season – when United blew an eight-point lead with just six games remaining – means nobody at Old Trafford is getting too carried away just yet. And that's because it is still possible that Man City will win four games and Man United will lose four, closing the gap and potentially giving City a second consecutive title. But back to the match at hand: while no goals were scored by Everton, two of their players were shown yellow cards.