Michael Owen takes a moment to smile during his warm up before a Premier League match against Southampton. A former member of the national team, Owen enjoyed his last match on May 19th, making his final tally an impressive 326 league games.

With their glistening trophy in hand, Manchester United players take a casual tour through the city after celebrating their 13th Premier League Championship in the 2012/2013 season.

After Paul Scholes shocked Manchester United by announcing his comeback for the 2012/2013 season, he is finally ready to end his career in the coming summer. Scholes could share one more parting gift with his teammates before his retirement: bringing the

After a long battle with Leukemia, Stilian Petrov was ready to withdraw from the professional football world. During an Aston Villa home match on May 12th, Petrov shared a moment with the fans for their support and love.

Robin van Persie overturned his stroke of bad luck from the peanlty spot. After five league matches without scoring, the dutchman checked off his 20th season goal against Stoke City on the 33rd matchday.

Shinji Kagawa had been a bit down on himself during the recent weeks. After the 4:0 victory of Manchester United over Norwich, in which the japanese international provided three goals, Kagawa could finally release some of his emotion.

This goal could be Robin van Persie's (r.) most important for Man U. After the dutchman curved a shot passedthe diving Tim Howard (l.), the "Red Devils" were on their way with the 2:0 lead. Their bitter rival from City lost in Southampton the day before g

Gareth Bale's (r.) direct free kick guides his Hotspurs to the 1:0 lead over Newcastle. James Perch and Papiss Cissé (m.) on the wall cannot prevent the welschman's artistic shot nor could they prevent him from scoring once more before the match's end. (

Joe Hart's (r.) feable attempt to leap in the way of Steven Davis (m.) and the soccer ball highlight only a piece of the misfortune experienced by the Citizens on this evening. The 2012 Premier League champions suffered a setback trying to keep up with Ma

It took the majority of the season for German international Marko Marin to show off his skills for his new home at Chelsea. The midfielder takes a moment during the Blues' 4:1 victory to enjoy his headed in goal. (9.2.2013)

While West Bromwich wsa facing off against Tottenham, Mark Clattenburg (r.) was disciplining Goran Popov (l.), instructing him to timely take himself from the pitch. Before seeing red, Popov spat on his opponent, insighting the disgust from Gareth Bale (m

During the skirmish between West Brom and Tottenham, Gareth Bale (2.f.r.) delivers powerfully with his left foot a 1:0 victory for his team. His Spurs partner Clint Dempsey (r.) reactively runs towards the shot as WBA defender Gareth McAuley (2.f.l.) can

Steven Gerrard with a well placed leaping header towards the upper left corner? No! Here the Liverpool legend launches a shot from well beyond the box; Manchester City's Joleon Lescott (l.) or Gareth Barry (r.) don't even dare to challenge this rocket. (0

In a highlight of the 25th matchday, Edin Džeko (l.) is just a bit faster to react than the Reds' defensive unit and pushes his team to the 1:0 lead. José Enrique (m.) can only watch as his teammate Daniel Agger (r.) comes to late to push the ball away.

Chelsea superstar Frank Lampard (m.) does his best to dive in the way of a long shot from Newcastle's Moussa Sissiko (2.f.l). The north english club's new addition does not find himself shaken and scores for the 3:2 Newcastle victory. The Blues' defensive

In Reading's hard fought match against Sutherland, Jimmy Kébé manages to free himself and head in a 2:1 winner for Reading. Unlike his teammates Jack Colback (l.) and Titus Bramble (m.), keeper Simon Mignolet (r.) makes efforts to save his club but cannot

Here Wigan goalkeeper Ali Ali Habsi misjudges a situation with Southampton's Rickie Lambert threatening on goal and can do nothing to prevent the tying goal. If the keeper hadn't been so hurried to focus on the immediate threat, he may have had a better c

The skill Robin van Persie shows during this bicycle kick may please the fans and wow his teammate Javier Hernández (r.) but the prestigious striker left the pitch against Fulham as empty handed as he came. (02.02.2013)

Wayne Rooney (l.) reminds the world of his football talent. The english national player manages to curve a shot around his opponent Aaron Hughes (l.) and ensures victory for Man U with the 1:0 victory. (02.02.2013)

In the racy match between Manchester United and Liverpool, Robin van Persie displayed his highlight-worthy skill against Pepe Reina (m.) and Daniel Agger (r.) to end his display of artsy footwork, van Persie fired a shot into his opponent's net. (13.1.201

The Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko (o.), depicted by fouled by Bacary Sagna (u.), had a rather busy evening in a duel between City and Arsenal. Letting his team down at first from the penalty area but shortly after ensuring the 2:0 victory for the "Ci

There were plenty of tense moments in the match between Manchester City and Arsenal. Vincent Kompany (r.) pleads his case to the officials after his dismissal while Jack Wilshere (l.) applauds the decision. Kompany joined Arsenal's Laurent Koscielny as th

The beating taken by Stoke was doubly as painful for Jon Walters (m.). First the unlucky soul was responsible for two own goals and ended the night with a missed opportunity against Petr Čech(r.) from the penalty area. (12.1.2013)

Frank Lampard (l.) of Chelsea scores from the spot against Stoke. The "Potters'" captain Ryan Shawcross (r.) watches critically, knowing at this point, his side were already defeated. (12.1.2013)

In this scene during a match with Sunderland against West Ham Sebastian Larsson who is left all alone by Alou Diarra and takes a shot from distance to push the "Black Cats" ahead 1:0. (12.1.2013)

Chelsea substitute Lucas Piazón won himself a penalty shot in the 90th minute against Aston Villa. The youngster couldn't get the best of Brad Guzan this time, but it was of no matter to the Blues; the score at that point was already an astounding 8:0. (2

Shortly before the final whistle in a match between Fulham and Reading, Dimitar Berbatov (m.) was able to put his team in front 3:2. The lead didn't last more than two minutes, however, and the match ended with each club earning one point in the 3:3 tie.