Man City lost that game, and shortly after, they drew seven games in a row. This caused them to lose the championship race. In order to catch Harry Redknapp's Spurs and Martin O'Neill's Aston Villa, who defeated United at Old Trafford to cap an outstanding start to the season, they replaced manager Mark Hughes with Roberto Mancini in December.

At the beginning of the year, Chelsea held the top spot, but following a run of six straight victories in March, Arsenal momentarily took the top spot in the Premier League, propelled by the play of Spain midfielder Cesc Fabregas.

The next day,United overtook them, and the Gunners' hopes of winning the league were dashed as they drew at promoted Birmingham City, who ultimately placed ninth, and then followed it up with seven points from their remaining six games.

With a 2-1victory over the previous league leaders Manchester United on April 3 at Old Trafford, Chelsea ascended to the top of the standings. Joe Cole and Didier Drogba's goals turned the tide of the championship battle in the Blues' favor, and they then went on to win three of their next four games, including a2-0 victory against Liverpool at Anfield.

By beating Wigan 8-0 at Stamford Bridge, they won the Premier League title in record-breaking fashion, giving them a one-point lead over United heading into the final day.

With his hat-trick, Drogba earned the Golden Boot with a total of 29 goals, and Chelsea became the first team in the Premier League to score 100 goals sinceSpurs in 1962–1963.

Ancelotti, the manager of Chelsea, also guided the Blues to victory over Portsmouth in the FA Cup final. Despite Portsmouth'sincredible run to the final, they were relegated from the Premier League and given a nine-point punishment for going into administration. Burnley and Hull City, who left the top division after two seasons, joined them in the Championship.

The chase for fourth was between Spurs and Man City, and the two teams met in a pivotal meeting in the season's last game at theEtihad Stadium with Arsenal comfortably in third place and Aston Villa slipping somewhat in the second part of the season.