Manchester City are champions of England for the first time since 1968, after a 3-2 win over QPR at Eastlands.

In the greatest ending of a top-flight season of all time, 1989 included, City scored twice in injury-time to spark incredible scenes at the Etihad Stadium.

Sergio Aguero scored a magnificent goal with seconds remaining, to cap one of the most unbelievable games of football, as they came from 2-1 down on 90 minutes to win 3-2 and end a 44-year wait.

QPR also stay in the Premier League, after Bolton drew 2-2 at Stoke, but there will be an inquest into the behaviour of Joey Barton, who saw red in the second half.

Manchester City dominated the first half, often hitting 80 percent possession, as the visitors tried to park the bus.

Clint Hill did well to prevent Carlos Tevez getting an early sight of goal, then Carlos Tevez and Yaya Toure shot wide when well-placed.

Paddy Kenny almost dropped David Silva’s cross at the feet of Samir Nasri but managed to recover to save then the former Ireland goalkeeper did well to save a near-post effort from the Spaniard.

QPR hadn’t even touched the ball in the City half until the tenth minute, and the only chance they had in the first period was a Djibril Cisse free-kick that was easily saved by Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart.

QPR were looking more and more desperate in their defending, and the opener eventually came six minutes before half-time.

The limping Toure, who would soon go off with a hamstring injury, passed for Pablo Zabaleta in the area, and the Argentinian shot straight at Kenny.

However, the R’s goalkeeper could only deflect the ball up in the air, and it looped under the crossbar and into the net.

Incredibly, Cisse levelled three minutes into the second half when Joleon Lescott failed to get any purchase on a back header and the Frenchman slammed a superb finish past Hart.

Two minutes later Clint Hill then almost put a Nasri cross from the right into his own net, then from the resulting corner, Aguero put the ball over from two yards as he tried to deflect Zabaleta’s shot towards goal.

Joey Barton was sent off for an elbow on Tevez ten minutes into the second half.
Referee Mike Dean consulted with his assistant before showing red, and Barton absolutely lost it. First he kneed Nasri, then threw a headbutt at the nicest man in football, Vincent Kompany.

QPR were now facing 35 minutes with ten men, but Kenny made a brilliant double save to deny first Tevez and then Aguero on the hour, though City were claiming a handball from Nedum Onuoha as the ball dropped loose.

QPR boss Mark Hughes had brought on Armand Traore for Cisse as he attempted to shore things up, but the Senegalese had obviously not read the instructions as he bombed down the left midway through the second half, and crossed for Jamie Mackie to brilliantly head downwards and past Hart.

City laid siege on the QPR goal, with substitute Edin Dzeko spurning two great chances from close range, then Kenny making another fine save from Mario Balotelli.

But Dzeko incredibly thundered in a header to equalise in the first of five minutes, before Aguero showed unbelievable poise to make it 3-2 after a one-two with Balotelli with City’s 44th shot of the game.


- Setanta Sports