Ahead of Chelsea’s penultimate match of the season, manager Guus Hiddink revealed that Pedro is the latest Chelsea player to break his nose. But it didn’t happen during a match or at the training ground. It happened at home. And the circumstances of it remain clouded in mystery.
It may have gotten off to a proper naughty start, but West Ham’s farewell to Upton Park ended well by coming back from 2-1 down to beat Man United 3-2. The result brought manager Slaven Bilic to tears, but the post-match farewell ceremony was more odd than emotional.
The final match at Upton Park was delayed 45 minutes as West Ham supporters outside the ground attacked Man United’s bus upon its arrival. A hailstorm of bottles and other objects showered the bus, breaking windows and halting the vehicle’s progress towards the stadium.
With their club’s relegation already sealed, Aston Villa supporters decided to hold a protest/celebration of themselves during last weekend’s match against Newcastle. It was arranged that beach balls would be thrown onto the pitch during the game, which ended in a 0-0 draw that damaged the visitors’ own chances of staying up.
Not a bad day 🏅🏅🎉🎉🎉 pic.twitter.com/Ozt51ISCil
— ritchie de laet (@de_laet_r) May 7, 2016
Saturday was a great day for every member of Leicester City, but for defender Ritchie De Laet, it was doubly great.
After beating Everton 3-1, Leicester City were presented with the Premier League trophy and no one announced that this season has been an elaborate YouTube prank, so this seems to definitely be a true thing that has happened within the confines of what we believe to be reality.
These pictures have not been photoshopped. They are actually of Claudio Ranieri and his players lifting the Premier League trophy, an item that currently belongs to them fair and square.
Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli fulfilled his promise to Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri by performing at the King Power Stadium ahead of the Premier League champions’ match against Everton. While fans drank free beer and ate free pizza and special “Salt and Victory” flavored snacks provided by the club’s sponsors, Bocelli got the day’s festivities off to a dramatic start by singing “Nessun Dorma” and “Con Te Partiro” with Ranieri at his side.
Not even Jamie Vardy’s racist ranting could impede Leicester City’s rise to becoming the champions of everyone’s hearts on their journey to winning a Premier League title that was almost more science fiction than fairytale.
The club’s explosion in popularity this season is perhaps most quantifiable in FIFA 16 and EA Sports has put together an infographic to illustrate the dramatic rise of the club and their two standout players.
Everyone knows that Liverpool’s recent success is all down to the club being awarded victories for Jurgen Klopp’s hugs, celebrations, and funny press conferences, but a crackpot new theory maintains that an entire staff and squad of players have also contributed.
We won the fight for the title…
So our friends at @ufc sent us a special title belt to celebrate 👊#havingaparty pic.twitter.com/U0QinO4M4W
— Leicester City (@LCFC) May 5, 2016
The titles keep rolling in for Leicester City. The manner in which they won the Premier League crown was apparently so impressive that other sporting organizations have declared them champions, as well. One of which is UFC, who sent Leicester a special title belt. Have Man United, Man City, or Chelsea received a UFC belt for winning the Premier League? Nope.
