Man Utd beats Charlton Athletic 4 - 1
11At one point Manchester was 9 points behind an Arsenal team that looked so dominant, a bookmaker paid out bets on the Gunners over two months before the end of the season.
But by the start of April the two teams were neck and neck as United had found their stride while Arsenal had run into trouble
With just four weeks left Arsenal drew to Bolton Wanderers while Manchester kept up an impressive unbeaten streak thanks, in part, to Ruud Van Nistelroy’s excellent form…the Dutchman scored 25 premier league goals that season including 3 hat tricks…
All of this meant that Arsenal had to win their last 3 games to keep even a tiny ember of hope alive…
Then on May 4th in the first of those three games they took on Leeds, a team facing relegation, a team they beat 4 -1 earlier in the Season and…
Manchester United would finish 5 points clear of second place arsenal and lifted the Premier League Trophy for the 8th time on May 11th, 2003.