The story of the 2008/09 Premier League title
The Italian was on the scoresheet again a week later, with the winner at Sunderland, but it was the senior stars who were back on song in the following game – overturning a 0-2 half-time deficit to Tottenham with a five-goal blitz.
Three straight wins followed, against Middlesbrough, Manchester City and Wigan, and the championship was confirmed with a 0-0 draw with Arsenal at Old Trafford.
Champions again, three-in-a-row for a second time and all by pipping our greatest rival to the title – for a United fan, it didn’t get much better.
TOP 5 APPEARANCE-MAKERS
Nemanja Vidic: 33(1)
Edwin van der Sar: 33
Cristiano Ronaldo: 31(2)
Dimitar Berbatov: 29(2)
Wayne Rooney: 25(5)
