Monday, May 14, 2012

Red agony and blue ecstaCity: From down and out to champions in football's greatest turnaround











Manchester City’s fans were in blue heaven.

Watched by an estimated 160million viewers in 200 countries, City yesterday pipped their neighbours Manchester United to the Premier League title in the most amazing finish ever.

With five minutes to go in City’s home match against Queens Park Rangers, they had looked down and out.

United had beaten Sunderland 1-0 to go three points ahead of City, who were losing 2-1.

But then City equalised and, with virtually the last kick of the game, their Argentinian striker Sergio Aguero made it 3-2 meaning his team were champions for the first time in 44 years, thanks to their superior goal difference.


By DAVID BAKER and KEITH GLADDIS

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