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LONDON (AP) Didier Drogba's Champions League-winning penalty kick was his last contribution to Chelsea. The striker said Tuesday he is leaving the club after eight years.
The 34-year-old Ivory Coast star clinched Chelsea's first European title with the last kick in a shootout against Bayern Munich on Saturday. That came after he had tied score to force extra time.
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MUNICH -- Didier Drogba scored the decisive penalty in the shootout as Chelsea beat Bayern Munich to win the Champions League final after a 1-1 draw on Saturday.
The unlikely storyline of an English team beating a German team on penalties in a high-profile match provided a fitting end to a dramatic night, as Chelsea became Europe's champion club for the first time.
The often theatrical figure of 34-year-old Drogba, playing possibly his last game for the club as his Chelsea contract expires next month, was at the heart of the show.
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This year's UEFA Champions League final sounds more like a soap opera than championship game for European club soccer.
After all, neither team will be able to field its optimal team or defense, not by a longshot on Saturday, due to suspensions and possible injuries.
Add the fact that Bayern is the first home team to host the final, that a player transferred from a team that was relegated last week and now he has an opportunity for European soccer's biggest prize, that not everyone one in England is rooting for Chelsea or that its coach knows whether he will return next season.
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Manchester, May 14 — Manchester City won their first English football league title in 44 years, scoring two goals in injury-time to beat Queens Park Rangers 3-2 at the Etihad Stadium here Sunday.
City required three points at home, with defending champions Manchester United breathing down its neck, but it needed quite an incredible injury-time fightback as Edin Dzeko and then Sergio Aguero scored in a dramatic victory.
City and United ended the season tied on 89 points but the blue side of Manchester won courtesy a better goal difference.
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NEW YORK (AP) -- With the Premier League title and relegation races coming down to the final games Sunday, all 10 matches will be televised simultaneously in the United States for the first time.
Manchester City almost certainly would win its first league title since 1968 with a victory over visiting Queens Park Rangers. It's tied on points with 19-time champion Manchester United, which trails on goal difference, +63 to +55.
England's top tier has not been decided on a tiebreaker since Arsenal won over Liverpool on goals scored -- the second decider -- in 1989.
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Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany and Manchester United skipper Patrice Evra say they are both fully focused and confident going into the last day of the Barclays Premier League season.
City are top of the table going into Sunday's denoument, leading United only on goal difference after 37 matches.
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Juventus coach Antonio Conte says his main objective this weekend is to make sure his team goes through the season undefeated.
The Turin-based side face Atalanta on Sunday in the last match of the Serie A season and Conte believes that ending the season unbeaten will be a record nobody will ever surpass.
Juventus were crowned Serie A champions last weekend with victory over Cagliari and are yet to lose a fixture this term.
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England: Manchester City FC v Queens Park Rangers FC (Sunday 16.00) In order to claim a first title since 1968, all City need to do is match United's result at Sunderland AFC and ensure there is no significant goal swing. The Manchester clubs are level at the Premier League summit but City's goal difference is eight better than United's. With 17 victories from 18 unbeaten home league games this term, Roberto Mancini's side will be confident of seeing off the West Londonders who are without an away win in 13 attempts.
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Chelsea beat Liverpool 2-1 to win their fourth FA Cup in the last six years (and seventh overall). Didier Drogba became the first player to score in four FA Cup finals, Ashley Cole became the first player to win seven FA Cups and Roberto Di Matteo earned a bit of silverware as a reward for all he's done for the club since taking over as caretaker manager.
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Liverpool 4-1 Chelsea
Liverpool gained revenge for defeat in the FA Cup final by producing a fine display to beat Chelsea in the Barclays Premier League at Anfield.
The Reds were inspired in the first half as Luis Suarez’s trickery led to a Michael Essien own goal and then Jordan Henderson ran through to make it 2-0 after John Terry’s costly slip.
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