Chelsea Dent Manchester United and Premier League's Image

The last day of the Premier League season epitomised its idiosyncratic nature.

Manchester United desperately needed a victory at home to Stoke City if they wanted to win the Premier League.

Without doubt, they had some pressure on them to win, with a global audience of nearly a billion spectators watching and scrutinising their every move.

And yet, they defiantly conquered this colossal expectancy for matchday success with an absolutely stellar performance all-around, with superb attacking flair and creativity, a rock solid defence, and a spectacularly-kept clean sheet.

This Manchester United squad had all the reason to be very happy with a job well done.

But as we all know, that unfortunately wasn't the case, as the Theatre of Dreams was more a cemetery despite such a mesmerising performance.

That's because at the final whistle, it was realised that United's dream of an historic fourth Premier League title in a row and 19th overall was dead, along with star striker Wayne Rooney's dream of winning the Golden Boot award.

Wigan Athletic proved themselves to be a massive embarrassment to the dedication and support of their fans, as they capitulated to give Chelsea a crushing, demoralising 8-0 win and thus a well deserved Premier League crown with that all-important one point advantage.

Roberto Martinez's men were a disgrace to the integrity of the league, a hardcore fact realised by the onlooking Premier League chief executive, Richard Scudamore.

Whilst it's fantastic to see the real rising superpower of English football win the league in a very fitting style, at the same time it's a detriment to the image of arguably the greatest football league in the world.

The fact that an established top-flight team (well, recently established) can't even put up something of a fight against the leaders, who faced a truly epic amount of worldwide pressure to win, can have a profound effect on the Premier League's reputation.

An 8-0 scoreline, whilst very exciting in some respects, is something of a predictable result, and doesn't do much to add to the excitement of title race drama.

The last-day title race this year, courtesy of Wigan Athletic and perhaps Stoke City as well, was over before it really began.

Chelsea and Manchester United took early leads, both opponents rolled over, and so it was the same old boring story yet again, and that is, when it really matters, the small teams won't dare to upset England's football Gods.

Also, the fact that an Englishman still couldn't win the Premier League's Golden Boot award again could be an issue for the league.

In any case, it was a well-deserved award win for Ivory Coast superstar Didier Drogba, with his 29 Premier League goals being a big part of Chelsea's success.

And so for Manchester United and Wayne Rooney, their image of being the best has been dented yet again.

And for the Premier League, they have Chelsea to thank for providing a last-day victory in such spectacular style.

But they also have Wigan Athletic to blame for showing a gutless, deleterious performance that emphasised the league's true nature, and thus severely dented its image.