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TodayMan City    vs  Man Utd    20:00 SS3MANCHESTER - Sir Alex Ferguson says Manchester City are favourites to win the Premier League title if they win Monday’s Manchester derby.Ferguson said: "If they beat us, I think they will probably go on to win the title.  "If we draw we’ll be strong favourites but we will be trying to win.”Victory for City at Etihad Stadium will see them go top on goal difference - but manager Roberto Mancini insisted: "If we win they are favourites.”He added: "My opinion is always the same - I think they have more chance than us.”City trail United by three points with three games remaining and Ferguson maintained his side would be going for the victory.United host Swansea before visiting Sunderland on the last day of the season, while City travel to Newcastle before hosting Queens Park Rangers on 13 May."There will be no talk about trying not to lose the game,” Ferguson said. "With those two games City have a great chance.”But Mancini believes his side have the toughest closing fixtures. "We play the derby and then Newcastle, that will be a very tough game, then after that QPR,” he said."United will play against Swansea and Sunderland and I think they will be two easy games.”But Sunderland boss Martin O’Neill has strongly rejected the idea that the Black Cats would fail to offer much resistance against United at the Stadium Of Light on 13 May.