Beautiful but hard to watch.

The English Premier League 2012 ended yesterday and what day it was. Why some managers do not suffer heart attacks is impossible to tell. At the bottom Wolves and Blackburn had already been relegated. The third place would be decided between Bolton on 35 points and Queen Park Rangers on 37. If Bolton won and QPR lost then QPR would go down, any other result and Bolton would drop. At the top Manchester United and Manchester City were both tied on 86 points with City ahead on goal difference so City had to match United's result. In an interesting twist United were away at Sunderland but City were at home to QPR who were fighting to stay alive. This being the last day all matches started at the same time. City versus QPR was the game to watch and as the match progressed news was coming through on what other teams were doing adding to the tension. In first half news came that Wayne Rooney had put United ahead at Sunderland and Bolton were a goal up at Stoke. This meant that both City and QPR had to go for victory. The match was going along expected lines. City, with their world class talent, kept attacking while QPR defending solidly. At 39 minutes Zabaleta scored for City and fans started celebrating believing that the title was theirs. But QPR had other ideas. At the beginning of the second half, on 48 minutes, a dreadful defensive error allowed Djibril Cisse a one-on-one on the City goalkeeper Joe Hart. Cisse kept cool and scored. Back to square one. City stormed forward in numbers to regain their lead. On 55 minutes Joey Barton was sent off for elbowing Tevez in the face and QPR were down to 10 men. City fans now really believed that nothing could stop them from winning. City players stormed forward, enjoying more than 80% possession. News was coming through that Stoke had equalised but then Bolton scored again to go 2-1 up. On 66 minutes QPR managed to get the ball up the field and a cross from the left saw Jamie Mackie score with a downward header. City were down 1-2. On the terraces fans were in tears. QPR were defending with all 10 men in front of the goal and City could not penetrate their defence, try as they might. Finally, 90 minutes were up but the referee added 5 minutes of stoppage time. By then news came that United had hung on to win 1-0 at Sunderland but Bolton had been relegated because Stoke had scored to make it a 2-2 draw. On 92 minutes substitute Dzeko got up high and headed the ball into the net from one of the umpteenth corners that City enjoyed. That made it 2-2 but it was not enough. Then on 94 minutes Aguero, son-in-law of the great Diego Maradonna, received the ball in the penalty area, rode a tackle and scored with a hard shot. City fans went delirious with joy. City were champions after 44 years and for the first time ever the Premier League title had been decided on goal difference. QPR survived in the Premier League. A truly beautiful but unbelievable game. After this it was impossible to sleep.