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Meltdown: The teams that threw the league title away

Simon Rice
Friday 06 May 2011 00:01 BST
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Victory for Chelsea at Old Trafford this weekend would see them overhaul Manchester United at the top of the Premier League.

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It would mark an incredible comeback (or meltdown, depending on how you look at it) considering the West Londoners trailed United by 15 points at the end of February.

Football league history isn't short of tales of teams throwing it away. With the 2010/2011 league title in the balance, we have cited evidence of collapses, meltdowns and title-surrendering chokes from domestic and European football.

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