Nothing could provide a better piece of mind than winning a major league title in front of 70000 odd fans and with a clean sweep. This is what happened with Manchester United, who has long been predicted as the winner of EPL title this season, and they did it in style; they defeated Aston Villa with a 3-0 clean sweep last night. It was Van Persie who showed a magnificent display of soccer and put on a hat trick in the first half itself which was too much for Villa to even equalize. It was actually the night of ManU where whole stadium was chanting Chamipon, Champion and No. 20. coz this was going to be the twentieth title for the Alex Ferguson team. Actually, recently, Persie was widely criticized for his persisting injuries but he put a full stop on all his critics by showing why ManU spent a hefty $36 million amount on an injury prone player last year.
Even though, the winner has been decided but trophy will only be rewarded after the final match of the league against Swansea on May 12. Post winning, Persie showed off his satisfaction with the performance, he said, “It is a great feeling. It is a fantastic team and fantastic players. It is a championship for every single one of them.”
On the leaderboard, ManU is leading the tally with a 16 points lead over its closest rival Manchester City having five games in hand. Even if City won all its remaining matches, it can’t overcome United in any way, hence United are the decided winner of current EPL season which is its twentieth title. The victory is more especial coz this is the shortest time a team has clinched the title breaking its own record set in 2001. Furthermore, if they could make some more points out of remaining matches, they can also break the maximum points’ record set by Chelsea back in 2004-05.
Reactions over the victory were glorifying from everyone, United manager Ferguson said, “It is sweet. It doesn’t matter when you win it. The consistency has been phenomenal. We have lived up to the expectation. I remember Arsene Wenger saying he’s a better player than you think. I think he could be right. In terms of impact, I think it’s as big as anyone I can remember.”
“As far as I’m concerned, it’s the goal of the season, Technique, head over the ball. Magnificent strike,” he added taking about Van Persie’s second goal.