They say all roads lead to Rome, but while Barcelona cruised around like , Manchester United were stuck on the hard shoulder.
Sir Alex Ferguson's side looked like broken men at the end of the , not even able to muster the traditional slump to the ground as the final whistle sounded - presumably for fear they wouldn't be able to get up again.
Ferguson, meanwhile, wore the shell-shocked expression of a man who's just been duffed up by Mr Big in the prison showers. The United boss couldn't have looked any more haunted if he'd slipped a white sheet over his head and gone trick-or-treating.
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Manchester United may have finally , but it was Rafa Benitez who was claiming the keys to the door.
The Liverpool manager greeted United's title triumph with all the enthusiasm of a jilted boyfriend who's unexpectedly bumped into his ex and her handsome new beau.
He pointedly refused to congratulate Sir Alex Ferguson, saying: "I prefer just to say well done to Manchester United. Normally you have to be polite and to respect the other manager. But during the season we have seen a lot of things I don't like." Ouch.
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As the dust began to settle after Chelsea's Champions League exit, there were enough conspiracy theories to get another two series.
Depending on which side of the fence you sat, you were either busy texting your mates block capital acronyms ('LOL, LMAO HAHAHAHA!!!!' was the one I got from a Gooner friend) - or believed you'd just witnessed the biggest carve-up since attended an all-you-can-eat-for-a-fiver buffet.
Defender Jose Bosingwa suggested the referee was a then thought better of it, while manager Guus Hiddink admitted his side had been robbed, before wisely adding: "Conspiracy is a very tough word" (particularly if your Scrabble opponent's just stuck it down on a triple-word score).
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I am a journalist with ´óÏó´«Ã½ Sport, dealing with the more offbeat stories doing the rounds. I am a QPR fan - and also quite fond of football. If our new-found wealth brings success I'll be happy to tell anyone exactly where I was when we were sh... rubbish - row J seat 139. .
