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View image in fullscreenCrunch time: Easter games that have shaped the Premier League title race

As the sharp end of the season fast approaches, here are four classic matches that helped to decide title battles gone by

Manchester United 1-1 Liverpool, 10 April 1998

“I always wanted to kick Peter Schmeichel for some reason,” Michael Owen said, looking back on how he became the first player to be sent off in a Premier League fixture between Manchester United and Liverpool.

Earlier in the season United had comfortably beaten Liverpool 3-1 at Anfield, and the Merseyside club were keen to ruin the party and ensure their rivals did not get a boost in their title race against Arsenal.

It seemed Owen had ruined that ambition, but United failed to use the advantage handed to them on a platter.

“They will find out points will be dropped at the end of the season – no question about that.” Arsenal went on to win the league with two games to spare.

View image in fullscreenChelsea 2-1 Arsenal, 23 March 2008

This Arsenal defeat definitively ended their title hopes in 2008.

A few weeks later they beat Manchester United by the same scoreline at the Bridge with Michael Ballack scoring twice, but United won their last two games of the season to secure the league by two points.

The season’s title race, amid a new era for Chelsea after Carlo Ancelotti’s appointment the previous summer, can be defined by the 2-1 defeat of Manchester United at Old Trafford.

The three points were a massive fillip for Ancelotti’s side, who went on to win four of their last five games, including an 8-0 thrashing of Wigan on the final day to pip United to the title by a point.

View image in fullscreenLiverpool 2-2 Arsenal, 9 April 2023

A point gained versus two dropped.
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