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Chelsea's Ashley Cole admits any one of five teams could win Premier League after Tottenham draw
The England defender also admitted the ball hit his arm before the equaliser, whilst Spurs' Emmanuel Adebayor hoped for a change in fortune after seeing a strike wrongly ruled out
By Mark Fordham
Chelsea defender Ashley Cole believes that any one of the top five teams in the Premier League could win the title come the end of the season.
After enduring a poor November, the Blues have bounced back to consolidate fourth place in the league with a 1-1 draw at Tottenham and Cole feels the race is still wide open.
He told Sky Sports: “We’ve dropped a lot of points from the start of the season but I think the league is getting better.
“Tottenham have a great squad and I think they’ve got the belief that they can win it and of course with the Manchester teams doing very well.
“It could be anyone from five but it’s a tough place to come so we’re happy with a point.”
Cole set up the Chelsea equaliser in the first half but there were suggestions of handball in the build-up.
Whilst the England defender admitted the ball had struck his arm, he insisted he knew nothing about it at the time
“It hit my arm but I didn’t know anything about it and I just carried on to the whistle," he added.
"The same thing happened with [Benoit] Assou-Ekotto in the box as it hit his hand and the referee said it was the same."
Spurs striker Emmanuel Adebayor opened the scoring for the home side before having a goal ruled out for offside when he appeared to be in line.
Though the Togolese striker admitted he was disappointed with his current run of luck, he was happy to take the decision on the chin.
He said: “I think so [he was onside] and at the moment everything is going against me but that’s football and you just have to keep your head and sooner hopefully the referee will be on my side.”
The Tottenham striker also admitted that a draw was probably a fair result after such an even game between the two teams.
“We had some chances and they had some chances as well we just have to happy with the one point and look forward to the next game already,” the forward continued.
“I think we’re disappointed because we are playing at home and we had the chance to widen the gap on Chelsea and Arsenal but we have to happy with the one point because today Chelsea got some sharp chances.”
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