A deserved accolade for Manchester City after their fine displays of football this season, the two Manchester teams went in to their last respective matches of the season deadlocked with the same amount of points (86 points), but with Manchester City leading on goal difference due to their superior goal-scoring abilities throughout the past 10 months.
United needed to win their game, as did City, but had City drawn or lost, United would have claimed the title of Champions of the 2011/2012 season. This seemed to be the final outcome as United's game finished 1-0 in their favour against Sunderland after 93 minutes, while on the other side, City were trailing 1-2 to Queens Park Rangerse (QPR), giving the United supporters (who counted their chickens before they hatched) the hope of glory. City, however, did not give up the fight as they scored another two goals in the remaining five minutes they were allocated as extra time. The final goal scored by Sergio Aguero (in the 94th minute) for City was the final nail in the coffin as it meant that: for the first time since 1989 the title was decided on goal difference alone (both teams finished on 89 points); Manchester City had won the League title for the first time in 44 years; and that the current champions had been de-throned.
Congrats to Manchester City, deserved winners this season. Had they only been allocated three minutes extra time instead of five, it would be the red half of Manchester that would be celebrating this evening.
As a Manchester United fan I say well done, but that next season we will not make the same mistakes twice :)
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