Ruud van Nistelrooy believes Manchester United's 2-2 draw at champions Arsenal last night gave his side the edge in the title race.
The Dutch striker said that Ryan Giggs equalising within a minute of Arsenal taking a 2-1 lead was a huge psychological blow for the Highbury club, who are now three points behind United but have a game in hand.
"This is a big blow for them," the Dutch striker told this morning's Manchester Evening News. "Arsenal were 2-1 up and probably thinking if we can win this one then it is in our hands.
"At 2-1 down it looked like it was going to be a very hard game for us. You could feel everybody from Arsenal was going mad and crazy about taking a lead.
"It was important to hit back straight away. We reacted to it and now the race is still open. We have to do our job now in the last four matches," he said.
Van Nistelrooy's opening goal of the game was his 37th of the season for United in all competitions and he believes his side have produced the momentum needed to carry them to the title.
"Confidence matters so much," he said. "We have come back from so far away and caught Arsenal up. Now it is up to us if we can finish it. We feel good".
United, whose goal difference is one worse than Arsenal and who have scored six fewer goals, have much better current form than the London club.