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# Manchester United must wait until final game of the season for Premier
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League title party
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## Manchester United will not be presented with the Premier League trophy
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this weekend even if they earn the point they need to win a record 19th title
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against Blackburn at Ewood Park on Saturday lunchtime.
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![Champions-elect Manchester United must wait till final game for Premier
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League party][1]
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Something to shout about: Wayne Rooney is unlikely to face any action over
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suggestions he made a gesture to Chelsea fans during Manchester United's win
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Photo: GETTY IMAGES
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[![Rory Smith][2]][3]
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By [Rory Smith][4] 10:21PM BST 09 May 2011
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[Follow Rory Smith on Twitter][5]
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Following their 2-1 win against Chelsea on Sunday, United will overtake
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Liverpool's record of 18 league championships -- a record set by the Anfield
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team in 1990 - as long as they avoid defeat against Steve Kean's side.
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But **[United][7]** captain Nemanja Vidic will have to wait until the visit of
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Blackpool to Old Trafford on May 22 to lift the trophy after the League
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confirmed its intention to stand by its policy of holding the official
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presentation at the champions' final home game of the campaign.
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Sources at the Premier League have confirmed that the trophy will not be on
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standby at Ewood Park to cap United's celebrations should they win the league
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less than half-an-hour before Manchester City take to the field in the FA Cup
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final.
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Ferguson will have to name winger Antonio Valencia, so impressive against
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Chelsea as United all but secured the championship, in at least one of his
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side's remaining two games for the Ecuadorean to be certain of being awarded a
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league winner's medal.
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Valencia has made just nine appearances this season after missing six months
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following the horrific ankle injury he suffered in the Champions League group
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stage game with Rangers in October, meaning he is one short of the 10 required
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to be assured of a medal.
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## Related Articles
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* [Vidic is the real winner as prizes are handed out][8]
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10 May 2011
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* [Ferguson: United are Barcelona's equals][9]
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09 May 2011
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* [How do United beat Barca?][10]
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09 May 2011
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* [Guardiola hails 'extraordinary' United][11]
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09 May 2011
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* [A nice little earner][12]
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09 May 2011
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* [Giggs: Hernandez a revelation][13]
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09 May 2011
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Michael Owen, despite starting only one game and admitting on his Twitter feed
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that he "does not deserve one as much as half the team", has played enough to
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be awarded a medal, by virtue of his nine substitute appearances.
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Wes Brown and Gabriel Obertan, both of whom have started more games than the
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former England international, will not record the requisite number of
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appearances but United do have the option to apply for both to be awarded
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medals, as well as Gary Neville, whose retirement came after just three
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Premier League appearances.
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It is believed that the club are unlikely to ask for any of those three
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players to be given medals unless either Brown or Obertan, both on seven,
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feature against both Blackburn and Blackpool, though they may appeal -- as is
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traditional -- on behalf of Tomasz Kuzszcak, the substitute goalkeeper, who
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has played just four times but has been a virtual ever-present on United's
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bench.
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Wayne Rooney, meanwhile, is unlikely to face any disciplinary action despite
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suggestions he directed a V-sign at Chelsea's fans during Sunday's game.
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Greater Manchester Police have received no complaints over his behaviour and
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the Football Association confirmed yesterday it did not expect the striker to
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be punished.
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He may, though, be afforded a rest by Ferguson as the Scot seeks to prepare
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his side for the Champions League final with Barcelona on May 28, a game for
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which the United manager believes his team should not be billed as
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overwhelming underdogs.
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"Everyone has acknowledged how great a team Barcelona are," Ferguson told
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Sirius XM in the United States yesterday. "But Manchester United are in this
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final, too. Everyone has said this is not a good United team, that we are not
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this or not that. But we have scored more goals than anyone else.
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"Our home form has been magnificent. We are undefeated in Europe. We are in
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the Champions League final and will win the league by getting one more point.
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"We have to find a solution to the Xavi-Iniesta-Messi problem. Everyone is
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searching for that because they are outstanding footballers, but we have our
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share too, players who can cause any team a lot of bother."
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Telegraph
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## [Manchester United][7]
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* ### [Sport »][19]
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* ### [Football »][20]
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* ### [Premier League »][21]
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### [Champions League final: live][25]
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### ['Dad got here by sheer hard work'][27]
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[![Wayne Rooney must show the world his talent in the Champions League final,
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says Alan Smith][28] ][29]
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### [Time for Rooney to bestride world stage][29]
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