The City of Manchester rejoice

Goals by Nasri (39 min) and Kompany (49) gave their manager Manuel Pellegrini his maiden English title. The club amassed 86 points from 38 games scoring 100 goals, registering a mighty goal difference of (+ 65).

So great was their firepower that second placed finisher, Liverpool, needed to win by 13 clear goals in their last game against Newcastle; to nip them to the line provided City could only manage a draw.

Liverpool did their best though, knowing even a victory would not be enough to wrest top spot from the boys in blue. The Scousers won 2-1 at Anfield, recovering from an early own goal against Newcastle.

The team from Tyneside did not do their cause any good as they had two players sent off; their longest-serving player Shola Ameobi for unnecessary dissent.

Chelsea finished third, looked like losing to Cardiff – which already had sealed its demotion last week – only to score 2 to win against Vincent Tan’s team from Wales.

Arsenal finished comfortably in fourth, winning by two goals against Norwich, guaranteeing a place in Europe next season.

Norwich, Fulham and Cardiff all confirmed their drop, finishing with 33, 31 and 30 points respectively.