They Called it Survival Sunday

This Sunday couldn't have been a more exciting day of football. So many teams fighting for top spots and trying to resist relegation. The most exciting battle though was the one between Manchester City vs. Manchester United. Today was the day that decided who would win the Premier League Title. Guess what? Manchester City won! The season has been a crazy, crazy, season and the match between Man. City and QPR was a great one to end it off. Manchester United won their game with a goal from Rooney, but that wasn't enough and The Reds end their season trophy-less.

Now the game, The Citizens vs. QPR was ridiculous! A goal from Pablo Zabaleta put City up 1-0 making the game look like it was going City's way (the whole game City has 80% of possession). But at the 48', QPR equalized with a goal from Cisse and a bad clearance from Lescott.  Man. City's title hopes looked a bit out of reach. At the 55', QPR's captain Joey Barton elbowed Tevez in the face and was sent off with a red card. Through all the hustle and bustle he also kneed or kicked Kun Aguero which also made his look like he had no class, but that didn't stop QPR. By the 66', QPR scored again and were in front 2-1 with a header from Jamie Mackie. The Citizens needed 2 goals to win and that seemed almost impossible. I'm guessing that Man. City really, really wanted it because a brilliant corner was taken by David Silva and the ball was headed in by Edin Dzeko at the 90+2' (there were 5mins of stoppage time and City needed one more goal to win it). And here it came, Kun Aguero takes the final shot at 90+4', putting his team up 3-2 and sealed the title win for Manchester City after 44 years! Luckily for QPR (who were fighting relegation), were able to stay in the Premier league due to the Bolton Wanderers tie verses Stoke City.

Here are the updates for the other teams. Arsenal needed a win to secure a third place spot in which they did. Tottenham also won, but the only way they could reach the third place spot was if Arsenal had lost. So the Spurs' final spot is fourth. Newcastle lost to Everton, so Newcastle is in 5th place. Chelsea won their game against Blackburn who were already set for relegation, so Chelsea are 6th place which qualifies them for the Europa league, unless they win the Champions League and qualify for that competition.

So here is are the top ten of the Premier league and the Bottom three (you can click on the picture to see the whole table). I cannot say how happy I am for Manchester City. I was sitting in a restaurant which was playing ESPN soccer and that's when I heard the news. I got a little carried away, but who cares!

Chelsea in 6th place

Since the 2-0 lose against Newcastle, it looks like Chelsea will be ending the season in 6th place. If you watched the Chelsea vs. Newcastle game, you will know that the two goals Cisse scored were brilliant goals. They were absolutely brilliant, especially the second goal. The second goal really made you go "Holy mother of God." If you don't believe me, just see for yourself

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On another note. Because Chelsea weren't able to take a win from this match, I'm pretty sure that their season is going to end not being able to secure a spot for a Champions league spot. At least they'll be able to play in the Europa League. The rest of the season now, what they have to look forward to is the FA Cup final against Liverpool and the Champions League Final against Bayern Munich. Those two competitions are definitely something they can look forward too. After what Chelsea have been through this season, if they can take the FA Cup and Champions League Final, I would say they had a pretty good season. Next season they can always start fresh, and if Di Matteo stays, there is nothing that Chelsea cannot do. 

Now looking at the standings of the EPL, Newcastle and Tottenham are both tied with 65 points each. The games this weekend (Tottenham vs. Aston Villa and Newcastle vs. Manchester City) are going to be vital games to determine who might get the fourth place spot. Arsenal must watch out too. They need to win their game against Norwich City this Saturday. I've got to say, this weekend of football is going to be really intense. Everyone is fighting to keep their spots and others are fighting to take spots. I'm not predicting anything, but this is what I WANT to happen. 

• I want Arsenal to win their game and eventually secure the third spot in the league 
• I hope that Manchester City wins so they have a chance to beat Manchester United in the league (so that means Newcastle needs to lose) 
• I actually hope that Tottenham lose because if that happens, there is a chance that Bale could move to Barcelona. 

Selfish I know, but hey everyone has their own opinions.