Manchester City snatch Premiership title with last-gasp goal
Manchester City sensationally recovered to Premier League glory in the final minutes as Sergio Aguero's late winner sealed a 3-2 comeback over a Queens Park Rangers side who had Joey Barton sent off early in the second half but still avoided relegation.
With Manchester United’s players still on the pitch at Sunderland’s Stadium of Light after a 1-0 victory it looked as though they were about celebrate a 20th Premier League title with City still trailing 2-1 at the Etihad Stadium.
However, Dzeko’s header made it 2-2 and in almost unbearable tension Aguero burst into the area to angle a shot past Paddy Kenny and spark wild celebrations as City became top dogs for the first time since 1968.
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City struggled to break the visitors down for much of the first half but Zabaleta’s bulldozing run and shot, helped in by the limp hand of Paddy Kenny, put them at ease just before the break.
They were stunned, though, when Joleon Lescott's awful error allowed Djibril Cisse through for an equaliser, before Barton lost his cool and was ejected in shocking circumstances.
City threw everything at a response, Edin Dzeko heading powerfully home from an injury-time corner before Aguero capped off a truly unbelievable revival with a dramatic 94th-minute winner.
“Five minutes from the end I did not think we could win this game. We deserved to win this championship,” City manager Roberto Mancini told reporters.
“After 44 years I dedicate this to all our supporters.”
City and United both finished on 89 points with City’s better goal difference settling the most gripping title race since Arsenal edged out Liverpool on the final day of the 1989-90 campaign.
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With Manchester United’s players still on the pitch at Sunderland’s Stadium of Light after a 1-0 victory it looked as though they were about celebrate a 20th Premier League title with City still trailing 2-1 at the Etihad Stadium.
However, Dzeko’s header made it 2-2 and in almost unbearable tension Aguero burst into the area to angle a shot past Paddy Kenny and spark wild celebrations as City became top dogs for the first time since 1968.
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City struggled to break the visitors down for much of the first half but Zabaleta’s bulldozing run and shot, helped in by the limp hand of Paddy Kenny, put them at ease just before the break.
They were stunned, though, when Joleon Lescott's awful error allowed Djibril Cisse through for an equaliser, before Barton lost his cool and was ejected in shocking circumstances.
City threw everything at a response, Edin Dzeko heading powerfully home from an injury-time corner before Aguero capped off a truly unbelievable revival with a dramatic 94th-minute winner.
“Five minutes from the end I did not think we could win this game. We deserved to win this championship,” City manager Roberto Mancini told reporters.
“After 44 years I dedicate this to all our supporters.”
City and United both finished on 89 points with City’s better goal difference settling the most gripping title race since Arsenal edged out Liverpool on the final day of the 1989-90 campaign.
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