Sunday Survivor : Manchester City Scores Two Goals in Stoppage Time, Wins First English League Title Since 1968, 3-2 Over Queens Park Rangers
MANCHESTER – To say that “Survivor Sunday” did not live up to it’s nickname is an understatement.
In the case of Manchester City, it survived the most dramatic English soccer regular-season final—perhaps—of all time in the process.
Thanks to two goals in stoppage time from forwards Edin Dezeko and Sergio Aquero, Manchester City would win it’s first title since 1968 with a dramatic 3-2 come-form-behind win over Queens Park Rangers.
In a day in which all English Premier League teams were playing simultaneously all over England, Manchester City—who would see it’s once dream season almost slip away—would pull off the most epic comeback in English soccer history.
City, who would enter the game tied with cross-town rival Manchester United with 86 points, held the tie-breaker on goal differential with eight, for City to win, all they had to do was win their game at Etihad Stadium, with no need to worry about United’s result at Sunderland.
With City trailing 2-1 at home after a goal from Queens Park Rangers midfielder Jamie Mackie at the 66th minute and United winning their match over Sunderland 1-0, Red Devils manager Sir Alex Ferguson had his side ready to celebrate it’s 20th English Premier Title in the middle of The Stadium of Light pitch—only to have it taken from them thanks to the NBA-like buzzer-beater heroics of Dezeko and Aquero.
With the win, Manchester City claims it’s third overall title in English soccer, as the Citizens would also win titles in 1937 and 1968. This is City’s first-ever title in the Barclays Premier League.
For City and it’s long-suffering fans, who have always had to live in the shadows of United’s many championships, now get to party hard at the expense of their cross-town rivals for the first time in 44 years.
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