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Manchester city could become the first team in Premier League history to win five rounds to finish if they beat “Manchester United” on Saturday, live on Sky Sports.
PEP Guardiola’s side are 16 points ahead of their local rivals ahead of the meeting Etihad stadium, putting them on the brink of historic success.
But the other side won the title with the games in stock? Here we recall the earliest Title wins in the history of the Premier League.
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Manchester United 1999/00
In the 1999/00 campaign, “Manchester United” became the first team to win the Premier League title with four games to spare. They did it with the score 3: 1, winning on the road in Southampton, despite a heavy blow to the departure from the Champions League against real Madrid just a few days ago.
Sir Alex Ferguson described United team as the best they ever had after a game, and they went on to win their last four games, promotions, are summarized in the total number of points in ‘ 91 and finished the season 18 clear who’s in second place “the Arsenal”. There is a big title win in the history of the Premier League.
Arsenal 2003/04
Unbeaten Arsenal were the next team that will win the Premier League title at this stage, famously clinching the crown 2003/04 – what remains in the past – in the house of arch-rivals Tottenham. They were deprived of the victory penalty to Robbie Keane, but results elsewhere ensured a 2-2 draw was enough.
The Arsenal players celebrated wildly at white HART lane, but to their credit, they also managed to keep their focus in the remaining matches of the campaign, ending the season undefeated with draws against Birmingham and Portsmouth and the narrow victory over Fulham and Leicester.
Manchester United 2012/13
Final sir Alex Ferguson’s Premier League Triumph in “Manchester United” was completed in a record is equal to the time. The red devils won the competition in 2012/13, wrapping the title with a 3-0 beating at home “Aston Villa” after second place Manchester city were beaten 3-1 Tottenham a day earlier.
Robin van Persie became the hero of the day, scoring a stunning hat-trick which took him closer to the Golden boot, with Ferguson delighting in the success of the organization. “I’m very happy, but it’s strange,” he said. “I had to wait that long for their first title. It is a wonderful feeling. This is a fantastic team and fantastic players. This is the championship for each of them.”
With three games in reserve
Chelsea 2004/05
The first season of Jose Mourinho in England ended in Chelsea winning their first title in 50 years with three games of the campaign to save. The Blues were relentless that year, with the summer signing Didier Drogba, Ricardo Carvalho, Petr Cech and Arjen Robben, helping them on their way to a historic success.
They clinched the Premier League trophy with a 2-0 win at Bolton in which Frank Lampard scored both goals going to end the campaign with a record total of 95 points put them 12 clear of their nearest rivals and secure place in the history books.
2014/15 Chelsea
Ten years later, Chelsea sealed the 2014/15 title at the same stage, on a goal by Eden hazard recorded a 1-0 win over the “crystal Palace” at Stamford bridge. Blue dropped points in two of their last three games – drawing with Liverpool and lost to West Brom, but with a 3-1 win over Sunderland on the last day, they finished the season with an eight-point cushion on Manchester city.
“If I say that it is very special, people say that I say this, because I’m here,” said Mourinho. “But the reality is that if someone can talk about the difference between leagues and what it takes to be a champion in different leagues, if someone is in a good position to say that it was me, because I was in different places. Here is really special, and it’s really difficult.”
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