Arsenal has won its first English Premier League title since 2004 after title challengers Manchester City dropped points.
City needed a win against Bournemouth to send the title race to the final weekend, but drew 1-1, leaving Arsenal four points clear with one match to play.
Arsenal’s Premier League title comes after three consecutive years of second-placed finishes under Spanish manager Mikel Arteta.
Arsenal fans celebrated wildly outside Arsenal Stadium as news of the score line came through.
City threatened another twist when Erling Haaland scored in stoppage time to equalise Junior Kroupi’s first-half strike, but it was too late to find a winner.
Arteta’s players can now stand alongside club icons Thierry Henry, Dennis Bergkamp and Ian Wright, who previously led the club to the summit of English soccer.
The current class could yet break new ground by winning the Champions League for the first time in its history later this month.
Thousands of Arsenal fans gathered outside Arsenal Stadium to celebrate the title win after Manchester City drew against Bournemouth. (Getty Images: Julian Finney)
Thoughts of this month’s final against defending champion Paris Saint-Germain can be put on the back burner for now.
Now is the time for celebration and relief for Arteta after finishing runner-up in the league three years running.
In back-to-back seasons in 2023 and 2024, he watched as Pep Guardiola’s City chased down Arsenal’s lead to be crowned champion. And another chance was missed last year when coming second to Liverpool.
Once again, Arsenal has led the way for most of this campaign, and despite seeing its points advantage ebb away during a gripping run-in, it has finally managed to get over the line after a decades-long wait.
Arsenal’s last champion team was the so-called Invincibles of 2004, which went an entire campaign without losing in the league.
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