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WIGAN, England - Manchester United won its 10th Premier League title in 16 years Sunday, getting a penalty from Cristiano Ronaldo and another goal from Ryan Giggs to beat Wigan 2-0 on the final day of the season.
Ronaldo put United ahead in the 33rd minute after Emmerson Boyce pulled down Wayne Rooney in the 32nd, and Giggs scored in the 80th off a pass from Rooney to ensure that the defending champions retained their league title.
Giggs, who has played in every Premier League-winning campaign, came off the bench in the second half to match Bobby Charlton’s club-record 758 games. The former United great celebrated Giggs’ goal in the directors box at the JJB Stadium.
“That doesn’t come into it,” Giggs said of the record. “Championships are what it’s all about.”
Charlton, a survivor of the 1958 Munich air crash that killed eight of his teammates, came down to the field to embrace the current team after Wigan had formed a guard of honor as they returned after the final whistle.
Giggs raised the trophy with artificial flames flickering behind and fireworks exploding around the stadium.
United finished the 38-game season with 87 points, two points more than Chelsea, which was held to a 1-1 tie by Bolton. If Chelsea had won, United still would have won the league title on goal difference.
The two teams face each other on May 21 in the Champions League final in Moscow.
“If we had lost the title today it would have been a great knock but the great thing is we are bouncing into the final,” United manager Alex Ferguson said.
Birmingham and Reading were relegated despite winning, while Fulham remained in the top league by beating Portsmouth 1-0 on Danny Murphy’s 76th-minute goal. Birmingham beat Blackburn 4-1 and Reading defeated last-place Derby 4-0.
Manchester City lost to Middlesbrough 8-1 in what could be Sven-Goran Eriksson’s final game as manager. Eriksson’s future is in doubt after failing to get City into European competition next season after a ninth-place finish.
Eriksson has been in charge for one season. He expected to soon hear about his future from the club’s owner, former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
“To live in the unsecure is never good for anyone but I hope to not be living in the unsecure very soon, within hours,” the Swede said.
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Also, third-place Arsenal beat Sunderland 1-0 and fourth-place Liverpool won at Tottenham 2-0.
Chelsea, which had been even on points with United heading into the game, took a 1-0 lead over visiting Bolton when Andriy Shevchenko scored in the 62nd minute, but Matthew Taylor scored in injury time.
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Silva: Each NFL team enters the offseason with a series of pressing needs. Sometimes a team can address them all, sometimes they ignore them all. But if a team's smart, they'll listen to us. These are the most crucial aspects for NFC teams.
