If Ashley Cole still needed to prove to anyone that he is fully fit again following injury, he couldn't have done it any better than racing into the Wigan penalty area to crack in a volley just before the final whistle.
The scorer of Chelsea's eighth and final goal in the title-winning rout was understandably in jubilant mood after ending a six-year personal wait for another championship-winners' medal.
'It has been a long time and this is my first title at Chelsea and now people will realise why I came here,' said the left-back who was twice a league champion at Arsenal.
'I came here to win the big ones, the Premier League or the Champions League, and hopefully this can be a big year, we can get the Double and make history for this club.
'It was always going to be tense going into the game, knowing we had to win and we knew Man United were going to get a result,' he added.
'Before they got a man sent off they played well, passed the ball and made it hard for us and we probably didn't play as well as we could have in the first half, but in the end we deserved it.'
Cole's goal gave him four for the season, the best total of his career and included among them was the recently-announced Chelsea Goal of the Season.
'I said before the start of the season that I was going to get five. I am happy with the way I played this season, happy with the goals I contributed to the team but I am a little bit disappointed I didn't get more to be honest, but I missed two months of the season.
'At the time of the injury I was playing well and it hurt me that I had to miss two months because I had a lot to give to the team. But I worked hard to get back and this is the reward I got for it.
'I am happy and hopefully there is more to come from this club.'
The scorer of Chelsea's eighth and final goal in the title-winning rout was understandably in jubilant mood after ending a six-year personal wait for another championship-winners' medal.
'It has been a long time and this is my first title at Chelsea and now people will realise why I came here,' said the left-back who was twice a league champion at Arsenal.
'I came here to win the big ones, the Premier League or the Champions League, and hopefully this can be a big year, we can get the Double and make history for this club.
'It was always going to be tense going into the game, knowing we had to win and we knew Man United were going to get a result,' he added.
'Before they got a man sent off they played well, passed the ball and made it hard for us and we probably didn't play as well as we could have in the first half, but in the end we deserved it.'
Cole's goal gave him four for the season, the best total of his career and included among them was the recently-announced Chelsea Goal of the Season.
'I said before the start of the season that I was going to get five. I am happy with the way I played this season, happy with the goals I contributed to the team but I am a little bit disappointed I didn't get more to be honest, but I missed two months of the season.
'At the time of the injury I was playing well and it hurt me that I had to miss two months because I had a lot to give to the team. But I worked hard to get back and this is the reward I got for it.
'I am happy and hopefully there is more to come from this club.'
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