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Sunday Soccer Roundup

England

The Premiership will come down to the final day after both Chelsea and Manchester United notched road wins on Sunday. Chelsea defeated Liverpool 2-0 at Anfield with markers from Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard, while MU edged Sunderland 1-0 at the Stadium of Light with a first half strike from Nani.

Chelsea lead by a point and nine goals' difference ahead of next Sunday's finales. Chelsea will host Wigan and MU will be home to Stoke. Chelsea are champions with a win, while MU will realistically need both a win and Chelsea to draw or lose.

Wigan have given Chelsea trouble in the past, but MU should expect little help here. As to the goal difference, MU only have themselves to blame—Sunday's win was another wasteful performance where MU might have won by five or six goals. 

Italy

Inter Milan won away to Lazio to reclaim a 2-point lead over Roma in Serie A. Walter Samuel opened the scoring for Inter just before halftime. Thiago Motta added a goal on 70 minutes. Roma won 2-1 away to Parma on Saturday.

Inter and Roma won't see each other in the two remaining rounds, but will face off in the Coppa Italia final Wednesday evening in Rome. Inter are alive for three trophies total, including the Champions' League.

At the bottom, Bologna's 1-1 draw with Atlanta seems to have clarified that Bologna will stay up while Atalanta will go down. Bologna maintained a 5-point lead over Atalanta with two games to go. Livorno and Siena are down for certain, and Atalanta will likely be the third and final team relegated.

Spain

An 89th-minute header by Cristiano Ronaldo kept Real Madrid's title hopes alive as the Spanish giants eked out a 3-2 home win over an understrength Osasuna. Real twice fell behind in the first half but went into the break tied 2-2 on a goal from Ronaldo and a knifing header from Marcelo.

Carlos Aranda was a one-man gang for the visitors, scoring the first goal, setting up the second, and nearly converting an open header on the hour mark. Hungarian international Krisztian Vadocz got Osasuna's second goal, but combined with Iranian international Masoud on what might have been the miss of the year in the 67th minute: Real dominated the second half, but Vadocz and Masoud found themselves alone on a counterattack against Real and Spain keeper Iker Casillas—and they could not get a shot on target.

With three games to go, Real trail Barcelona by a point. Barcelona will always hold the tie-breaker (head-to-head results).