Manchester United win Premiership title

LONDON: Manchester United regained the English Premiership title on Sunday after closest rivals Chelsea were held 1-1 by Arsenal. 

With two matches to play United, who last won the title four years ago, hold a seven-point advantage over Chelsea, who have won it for the past two seasons.

United had beaten Manchester City 1-0 on Saturday thanks to a Cristiano Ronaldo penalty, his 23rd goal of the season, and Chelsea were up against it when they went 1-0 down and lost Khalid Bouhlarouz, who was sent-off, in the first-half.

Michael Essien levelled for the Blues in the second-half but they were unable to get the winner that would have kept the title race alive giving them their second disappointment of the week after Liverpool knocked them out of the Champions League last Tuesday.