City edge closer as Cardiff and Fulham go down

Dzeko's double at Everton helped Manchester City clear their one of the most difficult obstacles which was blocking their route to their second title in three years. On the other hand, Fulham and Cardiff fell into the trap door of relegation after Sunderland's 1-0  over Manchester United. 

Bosnian striker, Edin Dzeko scored on the either side of the half time to give Manchester City their 3-2 win and they went one step closer to the title. Two home wins for the men in blue against West Ham and Aston Villa would steal the title away from Liverpool, who are also the title contenders.

Everton, whose defeat at this stage means that the Gunners, Arsenal would finish in the top-4 and will play the Champions League next season. Ross Barkley opened the scoring for Everton with a stunner from outside the box, followed by an equalizer by the Argentine, Sergio Aguero. Edin Dzeko scored just two minutes before and after the half-time making it 3-1 for City with a consolation goal for Romelu Lukaku.

City's relief was marked contrast to the emotions experienced by Fulham and Cardiff whose relegation was confirmed by a surprise 1-0 win of Sunderland.

Sebastian Larrson's first-half strike gave Sunderland their first win at Old Trafford since 1968, a result which helped them go out of the reach of Cardiff, who lost 3-0 at New Castle and Fulham, who got crushed 4-1 at Stoke City.

Gus Poyet's side won their third consecutive game which brought them at the 17th spot with 35 points with two games still remaining while Cardiff (30) and Fulham (31) have only a single game left. Sunderland will be guaranteed a survival if Londeners, Chelsea are able to beat Norwich on Sunday.

Little wonder that the Premier League of 2013/14 season has come to and end with only two weeks left. Cardiff would have survived in Malky Mackay reign. But their owner, Vincent Tan, allowed something that could have been dealt with in-house to spiral out of control.

In had come Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. He did well at Norway as a coach but could not handle a team which was relegation threatened from the middle of the season and that too in the most difficult league of the world.

Fulham were even the worse. 3 Managers. The middle one a rookie who bought a Greece striker for 11 million but played less than a handful of games. The third coach was better than the other two this season, but had no experience in English Football.

Just Remarkable.

One can not understand that why the decision makers of these clubs are willing to gamble their teams at this crucial stage of the season.

The next question in the minds of the fans is that who would be next team to get relegated?
Would it be Sunderland? or Norwich? or West Brom?

And who would lay their hands on the title?