After the Reds have clawed back the disadvantage they conceded in the title race whilst becoming World Champions over in Japan with such efficiency, their evergreen Welshman wants them to lead from the front for the rest of the season.Ryan Giggs is looking for his Manchester United team-mates to maintain the high standards of professionalism they have shown in overhauling Liverpool's lead at the top of the Premier League, and stay at the top until the end of the season.
Giggs, a veteran of no fewer than ten successful Premier League championship campaigns, is positive that the Red Devils can head the league until May, but he knows that such a feat will require much hard work.
"Once you hit the front, you want to stay there," he told The Manchester Evening News.
"We always try to be somewhere near at Christmas. If there are one or two points between the top two or three it is whoever goes into the last few weeks in form.
"But we know what the run-in is like, and there is no doubt we want the others chasing us rather than the other way round."
Asked to fill a slightly unfamiliar role as a central midfielder recently against Chelsea, Giggs also revealed that such fixtures help to keep his natural motivation levels high as he nears his 36th birthday.
"I was really up for it," he added about the Chelsea game. "I had not started the previous games against the big four, so I was delighted to be told I was playing.
"You become a footballer to play in these big games. That is why it is great playing for United - because Chelsea was just one of many."
Should United capture the Premier League crown again this season, then it will be Giggs's 11th title, the number that matches the one displayed on the back of his red shirt throughout his time at Old Trafford. Although the player himself is unconcerned about such symbolism, he is keen to win another title.
He said: "I don’t really think of it in these terms. But yes, it would definitely be nice to get 11."
Resource: Goal.com
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