Edwin van der Sar refused to blame an under-performing Liverpool side after Chelsea easily defeated the Reds at Anfield.
With the win Chelsea maintain their hold at the top of the Premier League table with one game to go for each side.
Van der Sar knows United must keep going if they are to claim their fourth consecutive Premier League title even though Chelsea control their own destiny.
The Dutch goalkeeper refused to blame Rafa Benitez's men for failing to give Chelsea more of a match.
"You hope [Liverpool could beat Chelsea], but you don't really expect anything," Edwin told the club's official website.
"Even if they had tried really hard I think they had a gruesome two weeks, played a lot of games and they picked up a couple of injuries.
"I don't think that's the cause of us maybe not winning the league, that happened over the course of the year and some breaks we didn't get and Chelsea got, especially in the last couple of weeks."
Van der sar fully anticipated United would take care of Sunderland at the Stadium of Light, and hopes Wigan to pull off a surprise at Stamford Bridge next weekend to give United a shot at lifting the Premier League trophy.
"I think we expected it," he said. "The Gaffer had a couple of words before the game and the way we played and created the chances, we knew what to do.
"You want to grab every little chance there is. You never know in football, of course, but it's going to be hard, difficult and not likely, but never mind, we have to make sure we work till the end.
"It would've been nice if we were a point ahead. We're not in charge and it's difficult, but we have to keep going, see what we can do this week on the training ground, see if everybody has recovered from this match and hopefully have a nice game for our supporters on Sunday. We're still hanging in there!"
With the win Chelsea maintain their hold at the top of the Premier League table with one game to go for each side.
Van der Sar knows United must keep going if they are to claim their fourth consecutive Premier League title even though Chelsea control their own destiny.
The Dutch goalkeeper refused to blame Rafa Benitez's men for failing to give Chelsea more of a match.
"You hope [Liverpool could beat Chelsea], but you don't really expect anything," Edwin told the club's official website.
"Even if they had tried really hard I think they had a gruesome two weeks, played a lot of games and they picked up a couple of injuries.
"I don't think that's the cause of us maybe not winning the league, that happened over the course of the year and some breaks we didn't get and Chelsea got, especially in the last couple of weeks."
Van der sar fully anticipated United would take care of Sunderland at the Stadium of Light, and hopes Wigan to pull off a surprise at Stamford Bridge next weekend to give United a shot at lifting the Premier League trophy.
"I think we expected it," he said. "The Gaffer had a couple of words before the game and the way we played and created the chances, we knew what to do.
"You want to grab every little chance there is. You never know in football, of course, but it's going to be hard, difficult and not likely, but never mind, we have to make sure we work till the end.
"It would've been nice if we were a point ahead. We're not in charge and it's difficult, but we have to keep going, see what we can do this week on the training ground, see if everybody has recovered from this match and hopefully have a nice game for our supporters on Sunday. We're still hanging in there!"
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