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Premier League: Manchester United are Champions
Mon. May 12, 2008 02:39 am.- By Bonny Apunyu. -
(SomaliNet) A 2-0 win against Wigan Athletic gave Manchester United a 10th Premier League title in 16 years.
The Red Devil’s Ryan Giggs scored the second goal late on to secure a nervous victory while Cristiano Ronaldo gave United a first-half lead with a disputed penalty - his 31st league goal of the season.
Bolton's injury-time equaliser against Chelsea meant United ended with a two-point cushion, but the result at Stamford Bridge was rendered irrelevant thanks to the Reds' vastly superior goal difference.
United were the division's top scorers and finished with the best defensive record. Few neutrals - if such people exist - would deny they merited their championship.
Ronaldo's 31 goals match the best-ever haul for a 38-game domestic season, with Alan Shearer having set that mark for Blackburn Rovers in 1995/96.
Chelsea proved no less efficient at achieving results, but their inability to produce the fantasy football demanded by Roman Abramovich eventually proved fatal to their title hopes - and could also sound the death knell for Avram Grant's reign as manager.
They will regroup ahead of the Champions League final - against United - in Moscow in 10 days' time.-Eurosport
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