Now that the championship is already over , it is not difficult to name the main reasons for the successes and failures of its participants. At the beginning of the season, a lot looked very different. So, the future Manchester United champion was in a group of teams that could not significantly increase in anticipation of the start of the championship, while Chelsea and Arsenal quite rightly led the list of the most seriously strengthened clubs . The season, as usual, put everything in its place. The problems of many clubs appeared almost from the very start of the draw. Liverpool were in a fever from the constant rotation of the squad , Arsenal suffered from low scoring chances , and the fans of the long-suffering Newcastle realized almost immediately that this season there was nothing to catch their club .
The leaders - “Manchester United” and “Chelsea” almost immediately went into the lead, and there were reasons for that. The “blue” had a phenomenal season with Didier Drogba (though she didn’t impress Shevchenko at all ), which allowed them not to let Manchester go far, despite Cech’s injury and Mourinho’s conflict with Abramovich . “MJ” played a great defense , the second youth was experienced by Giggs and Scholes and, of course, shone Cristiano Ronaldo . Club head coach Alex Ferguson finally realized that the team’s game should be built around the Portuguese phenomenon.
The future of West Ham after the change of leadership seemed cloudless. Liverpool fans, whose team was acquired by American billionaires, were looking forward with optimism.
When the championship came to a busy New Year's segment , much was already clear - the groups of leaders, middle peasants and outsiders were quite clearly divided. It is time to take stock of the first half of the season in anticipation of the climax and denouement. Several clubs focused on the fight for trips to the UEFA Cup , and the eyes of many Russian fans turned to the modest Fulham , where Alexey Smertin moved, who decided to resume his British career .
The season went to the finish line. In addition to the race of leaders and the desperate attempts of outsiders to save themselves from relegation , interesting things happened in it - for example, in one of the rounds Paul Robinson scored a goal for England's colleague Ben Foster . Champion’s intrigue, not having time to really flare up, went out a few rounds to the end, and all fans of English football had only to honor the new champion - Manchester United .