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Chelsea defender Ashley Cole suffered an injury scare in training with his team-mates at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow ahead of Wednesday night's Champions League final. The England left-back appeared to get a kick on his ankle after a challenge from team-mate Claude Makelele.

Cristiano Ronaldo Scored (26')



Lampard Scored (45')

Birmingham City 4 - 1 Blackburn Rovers
Derby County 0 - 4 Reading
Portsmouth 0 - 1 Fulham
Sunderland 0 - 1 Arsenal
Tottenham Hotspur 0 - 2 Liverpool
West Ham 2 - 2 Aston Villa
Middlesbrough 8 - 1 Manchester City
Everton 3 - 1 Newcastle United

Record-holder Ryan Giggs marked a lifetime's loyalty with the best present possible as he delivered another Premier League title to Manchester United as they beat Wigan 2-0.

United were in front but needing calming despite Cristiano Ronaldo's first-half penalty when Giggs kept his nerve to coolly slot home Wayne Rooney's through ball.

A quarter of an hour earlier, Giggs' had been introduced for his 758th United appearance, equalling a milestone left by Sir Bobby Charlton that will surely be eclipsed in Moscow on May 21.

Ronaldo free-kick

The afternoon began in hope but ended in despair for Chelsea as Manchester United retained the Barclays Premier League title.

Substitute Andriy Shevchenko's second-half strike was cancelled out by Kevin Davies' added-time leveller in a 1-1 draw against Bolton but the Blues were also left reeling from the loss of captain John Terry with shoulder injury in the first half.

The England defender was stretchered off after clashing with team-mate Petr Cech and Bolton striker Davies and could be out of next week's Champions League final against Manchester United in Moscow.

Drogba Chance

Chelsea ensured that the Premier League title race will go right to the wire by securing a clinical 2-0 win over Newcastle United at St James' Park.
A polished second half saw goals from Michael Ballack and Florent Malouda confirm that the title will be decided on the final day of the season.

Chelsea end their campaign against Bolton Wanderers at Stamford Bridge while Manchester United travel to Wigan Athletic.

A win by both sides will see the crown stay at Old Trafford by virtue of their superior goal difference.

As for Newcastle, their eight-match unbeaten run was ended after a promising start and on the day Chelsea were worthy winners.Michael Owen was left with a one-to-one chance after just six minutes when he met a lob over the top from Nicky Butt, but another lob from United's leading scorer sailed well over the bar.Obafemi Martins was heavily involved in the early Newcastle play and in one darting run beat three defenders before driving weakly at Petr Cech from 30 yards.

Chelsea at this stage appeared content to soak up the pressure and then look for the counter attack to support solitary striker Didier Drogba.

Skipper John Terry came to Chelsea's rescue and kept their title hopes alive with a dramatic goal-line clearance after 28 minutes.

Once again it was Martins caused the problems on the left and drove the ball into the area where Cech blocked a Mark Viduka shot and the rebound flew to the edge of the box.

It was met by Owen, who placed his shot beyond Cech, only for Terry to prevent a certain goal with his clearance.

Chelsea had to wait until the 35th minute for their first real chance, when the surging Michael Essien stretched the home defence before playing in Ballack on the left, who screwed his shot hopelessly wide with just Steve Harper to beat.Nicolas Anelka was then given a chance seconds later in the inside-right position, but he too fired well wide.

It was a much more purposeful Chelsea after the break as they appeared to step up a notch and only the woodwork prevented them taking a 53rd minute lead.

On a previous visit to the North East this season, Terry grabbed the only goal at Sunderland.

The big defender looked to have unlocked the Newcastle defence when he rose to meet a right-wing Malouda corner, only to see his powerful header cannon to safety off the bar.

Chelsea at this stage were in total command as Newcastle struggled to clear the ball and when they did, it was returned straight back to the danger area.

And the Chelsea goal that looked like coming, duly arrived on the hour mark. Abdoulaye Faye fouled Malouda on the right of the area and from Drogba's free-kick Ballack was left unmarked and headed in his third league goal in the last two matches.

Newcastle finally got going and a clearance from a Butt free-kick dropped invitingly to Martins on the edge of the area and he turned to see his goalbound effort deflected wide.

Then a ball over the top just evaded the lunging Owen as Newcastle searched for the equaliser.

But it was Chelsea who wrapped it up with their second goal after 82 minutes and it was superbly created and finished.

It was a five-man move which ended with substitute Frank Lampard threading a superb through ball on for Malouda, who shot under Harper and into the back of the net.


Terry off the line from Owen

Fernando Torres continued his remarkable debut season in England with a slick winner as Liverpool ended their home campaign with a 1-0 win over Manchester City.
The Spanish hot-shot pounced after 56 minutes to notch his 23rd league goal of a season and liven up a match in which most of the players seemed to have their minds on the summer holidays.

With City languishing in mid-table and Liverpool having already secured a Champions League spot, both teams had little to play for, and it showed as they started the game at a snail's pace.

It took almost 20 minutes for the game's first chance when Dirk Kuyt sped down the right wing and fired in a pinpoint cross, but Ryan Babel's header cleared the bar.

The chance seemed to wake the home side from their slumber and the lively Kuyt almost found Torres unmarked in the box with another dangerous cross.

Then Torres ghosted into the box and flashed a shot wide before Steven Gerrard unleashed a 25-yard drive that flew inches wise of Joe Hart's post.

And the City keeper was at full-stretch to superbly palm away a wicked Gerrard curler on the half-hour.

Sven-Goran Eriksson's men looked disinterested as they failed to fashion a single chance in the first half.

And they were on the back foot again two minutes into the second half as Gerrard's defence-splitting throughball freed Torres but the Spaniard placed his shot wide.

The Blues did manage a meaningful attack after 50 minutes - and it very nearly brought them the lead.Stephen Ireland was brought down on the edge of the box and Brazilian Elano stepped up to curl a brilliant free-kick which struck the outside of Pepe Reina's post.

Liverpool hit back, with Javier Mascherano blasting wide after cleverly jinking his way past two City defenders

And on 58 minutes they took a deserved lead through their prolific player of the season. And it was vintage Torres, the Spaniard leaving Richard Dunne in his wake before side-footing the ball through Hart's legs and into the corner of the net.

Liverpool were rampant and poured forward at every opportunity as Kuyt forced a smart save from the City keeper with a thunderous volley.

The Dutchman went even closer on 63 minutes, heading a superb Sami Hyypia cross against the bar before heading a Gerrard corner straight at Hart when it would have been easier to score.

Then Ryan Babel inexplicably fired over after Torres had embarrassed Dunne.

The game should have been out of City's reach so dominant were Liverpool, but they were nearly made to rue their missed chances on 83 minutes when Benjani struck a ferocious free-kick which Reina did well to palm away.

Seconds later Javier Mascherano powered forward for the Reds and hit a low drive only to see Hart dive brilliantly to his right to push it out.

Fernando Torres Scored

Arsenal moved to within a point of Chelsea after securing a largely uninspiring 1-0 win over fifth-placed Everton.
A late headed goal by Nicklas Bendtner was enough to win all the points and keep alive their hopes of overtaking Avram Grant's side.

After a low-key start to the game, the first real shot of note came in the tenth minute from Arsenal's player of the month for April, Theo Walcott.

The youngster cut in from the left but his shot curled just wide of the right post.

Shortly after that Gilberto Silva met Bendtner's cute hoisted ball across the Everton penalty area, but the Brazilian could not stretch quite enough to guide his header towards goal.

It was Everton that came closest to opening the scoring on 28 minutes when Manuel Fernandes put through a delightful ball for Andrew Johnson to latch onto and his first-time shot was well-saved by the right boot of Lukasz Fabianski.

At the other end Emmanuel Adebayor got a toe to a couple of long ball over the top of the Everton defence, but nothing that overly troubled Tim Howard.

Gilberto again went close in the dying minutes of the first half when he rose unchallenged to meet a corner from the right, but he could not quite get over the ball so as to really test Howard.

Then, a minute later in to stoppage time, Adebayor should have made more or of Emmanuel Eboue's exquisite cross from the right, but only got a glancing connection with the ball and watched it fly agonisingly wide.

The second half began as slowly as the first with Joleon Lescott's shot being the only real chance on goal, and a half-chance at that.

While Everton did little to trouble the Gunners, they had more possession than their hosts which is a collector's item of a statistic.

Arsene Wenger tried to change things around on 70 minutes by getting Walcott to play on the right-hand side. He did that by bringing on Armand Traore as a left winger.

The tactic worked as the Gunners took the lead in the 77th minute. Bendtner found the young Frenchman with a slightly over-hit pass.

Traore got the ball under control quickly, burst down the left flank before delivering a perfectly flighted ball into the box that Bendtner powered home with a towering header.

Everton did not offer much of a response. David Moyes sent on Yakubu to try and bolster his attack, but to little avail. The Toffees' leading scorer was starved of any service as the Gunners went on to secure all the points.

Theo Walcott chance

Bolton Wanderers 2 - 0 Sunderland
Fulham 2 - 0 Birmingham City
Middlesbrough 2 - 0 Portsmouth
Reading 0 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur
Aston Villa 0 - 2 Wigan
Blackburn Rovers 3 - 1 Derby County

Manchester United's comfortable 4-1 win over West Ham piled the pressure back on Chelsea in the race for the Premier League title.
Defeat for the Londoners at vastly improved Newcastle United on Bank Holiday Monday will give the Red Devils their tenth Premier League title.

First-half goals by Cristiano Ronaldo (two) and Carlos Tevez made it a stroll in the sun for United.

The one dark cloud came with the 37th minute dismissal of Nani.

After falling over attempting an acrobatic kick, the Portuguese winger was shown the red card by Mike Riley when he appeared to butt Lucas Neill as the Australian tried to pull him to his feet.

United were left to play almost an hour with only ten men, but the Hammers failed to capitalise on their advantage.

The Reds enjoyed the perfect start with a goal in the third minute.

United goalkeeper Edwin Van der Sar's kick came off the head of West Ham's James Tomkins when he went up with Nani.

It fell to Ronaldo on the right and he cut into the West Ham box from the wing, leaving Neill in his wake, before scoring with a low right-foot shot from 12 yards.

West Ham almost equalised four minutes later when United made a hash of clearing Scott Parker's corner.

Tomkins nodded the ball on to Bobby Zamora, whose header was hacked clear by Patrice Evra and Rio Ferdinand.

United made it 2-0 after 24 minutes when Ronaldo scored his second and probably the luckiest of his 40th goal in all competitions and 30th in the league this season.Owen Hargreaves' cross form the right corner of the penalty area bypassed a wall of defenders and went in off Ronaldo's right thigh from close range at the far post.

The third and best of United's goals came two minutes later.

Ronaldo's cross from the left inside to Tevez saw the Argentinian take the ball in his stride before hitting a ferocious right-foot 30-yard drive over goalkeeper Robert Green and into the roof of the net.

West Ham reduced the areas two minutes later.

Bobby Zamora's cross from the right was headed up in the air by United defender Wes Brown and Dean Ashton scored with a spectacular overhead kick from 10 yards out at the far post.

But any doubts about the result were ended in the 59th minute when Michael Carrick picked up a loose ball midway inside the West Ham half and was allowed to run on before scoring with a right-foot shot from 20 yards which was deflected in off the hapless Neill.

United could have had a fifth when Darren Fletcher's 71st minute shot cannoned back of a post.

The chance set up following good work from Evra and substitute Ryan Giggs.


Ronaldo Score

Chelsea 3 - 2 Liverpool (Chelsea win agg 4-3)

Didier Drogba (33) Fernando Torres (64)
Frank Lampard (pen 98) Ryan Babel (117)
Didier Drogba (105)

Goals from Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba have taken Chelsea to a meeting with Manchester United in Moscow. Lampard chose bravely to take a penalty, having returned from compassionate leave after the death of his mother, before Drogba slotted home a cross to put Chelsea within 15 minutes of the final. A late Ryan Babel goal gave Liverpool hope but the Blues go through 4-3 on aggregate.

Drogba Scored