Manchester City's incredible title win sums up breathtaking Premier League season

Manchester City's captain fantastic Vincent Kompany holds the Premier League trophy aloft

The Premier League has delivered some dramatic moments over the years.

Many of them have been celebrated in the '20 Seasons Awards' which have been voted for recently.

However, it appears those votes may have been cast a little too early.

For the best match in Premier League history, look no further than this one. Manchester City 3 Queens Park Rangers 2.

The bare facts of the game do not do it justice.

It was packed with drama, excitement, drama, goals, drama, nerves and more drama.

City scored two goals in stoppage time to snatch the title - their first since 1968 - away from neighbours United.

The late delirium which swept the Etihad Stadium replaced the seat-kicking agony of a set of supporters who have become accustomed to failure.

However, this City is different. Failure is not in their dictionary.

They couldn't have done it without Sheikh Mansour's billions, of course, but it is now clear that money has been spent very wisely and City is a club ready to dominate.

They looked set to throw the title away when they fell 2-1 behind to relegation-threatened 10-man QPR, and to lose the championship in those circumstances would have taken some recovering from for Roberto Mancini, his players and the fans.

However, all the despair anyone of a sky blue persuasion must have been feeling going into five minutes of stoppage time was quickly turned into unbridled joy.

Even the most optimistic City supporter couldn't have believed it was possible.

QPR had been stubborn defensively and performed admirably despite the sending off of their disgraceful captain Joey Barton, who elbowed Carlos Tevez before kicking out at Sergio Aguero and head-butting Vincent Kompany on his way off, as well as attempting to pick a fight with Mario Balotelli.

Barton is an embarrassment to football but on this, the most dramatic day the Premier League has surely ever seen, it is important to concentrate on the positives.

Edin Dzeko's 92nd-minute equaliser gave City a glimmer of hope, but even then the title looked destined for Old Trafford.

Then came the moment of the season. In fact, the moment of any season.

In the fourth minute of five added on, Aguero combined with Balotelli - who played a decisive pass despite being on the floor - before skipping past the despairing Taye Taiwo and rifling a shot past Paddy Kenny.

The Etihad Stadium erupted, Aguero went on a shirt-twirling, delighted run and Mancini did a victory sprint on the touchline.

City's players, staff and fans erupted after Aguero's incredible winner

The natural pessimists among the City support were probably looking for an offside flag, waiting for the referee to blow for a foul or fearing the ball had not crossed the line, but there was nothing to deny them this time.

It was an emphatic goal to end an unbelievable season.

The tears of anguish in the stands quickly turned into tears of joy and the ticker-tape began falling from the sky.

This was the moment City fans had waited decades for. All their years of hurt must have seemed worth it for that one swing of Aguero's right foot.

If there was one player City would have wanted that last-gasp chance to go to it would be Aguero.

QPR's defending wasn't the best in that instance but you can't take anything away from the Argentinian.

After he skipped past Taiwo, a stadium held its breath. A nation held its breath. A sport held its breath.

There will never be a moment quite like it again.

Aguero's goal is likely to become one of the most famous in football history and the spine-tingling moment - along with Martin Tyler's phenomenal commentary - will be replayed for decades to come.

It was typical City to do it the hard way but, looking back, it was probably the best possible way to win a title, with almost the last kick of the season to snatch the title away from their city rivals on goal difference.

It seemed fitting the Premier League season ended in this crazy fashion after a campaign which was voted the best in the competition's 20-year history even before the last day drama.

If some doubted whether the season was worthy of that award, they have surely changed their minds now.

This was not only the most dramatic end to a season in the last 20 years, it was the most dramatic end to a season ever.

And what a season it has been. Crazy, but brilliant.

The quality of defending may have declined (understatement) in recent years, but that has led to thrilling matches, unbelievable goals and unbearable drama.

This has been a campaign which is impossible to explain. We will still be scratching our heads about it for years to come.

Did Arsenal really concede eight at Old Trafford? City scored six at the same venue against their arch rivals? Two goals in stoppage time won City the title?

Despite scorelines like this one, Man United still lost the title on goal difference

And that's just scratching the surface.

We've seen the brilliance and madness of Balotelli, the unlikely renaissance of Newcastle, the incredible survival of Wigan, the soap operas of Blackburn and Wolves, Chelsea upsetting all the odds to beat Barcelona and reach the Champions League final, Liverpool finishing down in eighth, all three promoted teams surviving, England losing their manager and captain just months before a major tournament and Paul Scholes and Thierry Henry giving hope to every 30-something former great.

That's before we even have time to mention the truly dark moments: the deaths of Gary Speed, Socrates, Piermario Morosini and Gary Ablett.

There were also the horrific scenes at White Hart Lane as Fabrice Muamba suffered a cardiac arrest (from which he has made a remarkable and uplifting recovery).

We can't forget the race rows, too, which marred the middle of the season.

But, in football terms alone, this has been a remarkable and thrilling season.

There have been numerous goals which would have won goal of the season in most other years, with Papiss Cisse, Peter Crouch, Luis Suarez, Hatem Ben Arfa and Robin van Persie all scoring crackers.

The race for Champions League football and Premier League survival went to the final day of the season, while the title race provided the most exhilarating climax.

City's late, late triumph led to incredible contrasting emotions on two halves of a city.

Manchester United deserve credit for the way they have handled the disappointment, as they must have felt the title was theirs after winning at Sunderland while the City game was still ticking towards its dramatic conclusion.

But this season was City's.

Mancini and his staff must have thought the title had eluded them heading into stoppage time

It may have taken them until almost the last kick of the campaign to clinch the title, but they deserved it.

Nobody gave them a prayer after they went eight points behind United with a 1-0 defeat at Arsenal, but Mancini believed. Kompany believed. Joe Hart believed. Yaya Toure believed. Aguero believed.

Others in the team have starred, too, but it is the four aforementioned players - the spine of the team - plus Mancini who have proved pivotal.

They will win more championships but never one quite like this.

The season could not have had a more dramatic climax if it had been written, and Manchester City head into the summer break as champions when it looked like they would be remembered as chokers.

They should now go from strength to strength and pick up many more trophies in the coming years, but none of them will be as special as this one.

There will never be a campaign quite like this again. It has been a privilege to watch.

Season 2011/12 was rightfully voted the best ever in the Premier League.

2012/13 has some living up to do.