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This Day in Sports History: Manchester City Wins EPL Title After Wild Finish on Final Day

Perhaps the wildest moment in English soccer history unfolded on the final day of the 2011-12 season.

The last day of that campaign was set up to deliver a classic finish. Manchester City and Manchester United each sat atop the league table with 86 points apiece, and City held an insurmountable goal differential advantage. What transpired in the final few minutes of matchday 38 will live on in English soccer lore, culminating in a stoppage-time goal from City's Sergio Aguero to clinch the club's first English league title since 1968.

In an away match against Sunderland, Wayne Rooney scored in the 20th minute to give United—the defending champions—a 1-0 lead.