Patrice Evra doesn't lack for brashness. The French defender claims Manchester United will "easily" regain the English Premier League title from Manchester City, to which he says United handed the 2012 trophy.

"We have given the title to City, but if we play well from the beginning to end, we will win the title back easily," said Evra. "We received a lot of criticism this season, but we have got nine points better than last season. City played their best football and we didn't always play our best football, but we still finished on the same points. So it makes you think that if we play our best football consistently throughout the season, then we are going to win the league by many points."

United was moments away from winning its 20th league title when City came back from 2-1 down to beat QPR, 3-2, on Sunday.