Coming into a highly anticipated weekend, Carlo Ancelotti’s Chelsea were well on their way to winning the Premier League title and ending Manchester United’s three-year run of being the Premier League champs. There was little risk going into Sunday, but that did not stop the boys in blue from thwarting Wigan Athletic 8-0 at Stamford Bridge.
On a day where dethroned champs Manchester United beat Stoke City by a score of 4-0, Chelsea set a new record of 103 goals scored in a single league campaign. The game featured Ivory Coast’s own Didier Drogba pulling out a hat trick, giving him 29 goals on the season and the Premier League Golden Boot award, edging Wayne Rooney out by 3 goals.
From the moment the ball was set in today’s match, Chelsea pounded Wigan in virtually every category possible. The moment Nicolas Anelka put a goal in the back on the net only six minutes in; you could get the feeling that Wigan fans were going to wish the off-season had started yesterday after this game was all finished. Frank Lampard continued the onslaught not to long after Anelka’s goal and everything began to unravel from there. It became quite inevitable that Chelsea was going to capture its third Premier League title in the last six years.
Not to far away at Old Trafford, Manchester United knew their bid for a fourth straight title had been put out. Unfortunately for England fans, their pain may last into June as England striker Wayne Rooney appeared to re-aggravate his groin issue in the 77th minute against Stoke City.
Of course for those rooting for say the United States; we will greatly accept any help we can get going into June’s World Cup. Wayne Rooney’s injury is definitely one to monitor going forward. Though, I will add that it’s going to be very tough to keep that injury from reoccurring throughout the world cup.
With all that said Chelsea fans could care less as they sit back and enjoy their championship title, as they should. But next year will be an entirely different ordeal. Don’t think for one second that this won’t leave a bad taste in every Man U player’s mouth. The Red devils are sure to be in the hunt again in 2010-2011. But with the end of the Premier League season, every soccer fan welcomes this upcoming months World Cup.
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ReplyDeleteI knew Man U's streak had to end eventually, but this is kind of a bitter way for it to happen. They finished one point behind and the Rooney thing just makes it suck that much more.
ReplyDeleteMight I add, that the return leg of the quarter finals in Mexico were played yesterday and today. Pachuca beat defending champions Monterrey in Monterrey 2-1 (3-1 agg). Morelia visited Chivas and won 1-0 (5-2 agg). UNAM hosted Santos and won 1-0 but lost 2-1 in aggregate. And Toluca beat America 2-0 (4-2 agg). Semis: Toluca v. Pachuca and Santos v. Morelia.