Arsenal have been confirmed English Premier League (EPL)
champions on Tuesday night after Manchester City failed to win at Bournemouth.
Pep Guardiola’s Man City drew 1-1 with Bournemouth at the
Vitality Stadium to hand Arsenal an unassailable four-point lead with just one
match remaining to the end of the season.
The Gunners win the EPL title for the first time in 22
years, since the legendary Invincible side won it in the 2003/04 season.
In the club’s 100th season without relegation from the EPL,
the club will celebrate its centenary participation with a league title won on
the back of a record 28 EPL wins that surpassed the 26 wins recorded by the
Invincibles. The defence prevented opponents from registering a shot on target
in six matches, equaling a 23-year league record, and also scored a record 17
goals from corner kicks.
Mikel Arteta’s tough side has led the table for most of the
season before a late mini-collapse, and Man City’s late surge in form nearly
threatened their title ambition for a second season in a row.
City’s late resurgence, however, was initially stunned by
Everton in early May and completely collapsed against Bournemouth.
Guardiola’s side visited the Vitality Stadium aware that any
result other than a victory would seal Arsenal’s title. But they lacked the
execution for the mission after falling to a wonderful strike from Junior
Kroupi in the first half.
City were only kept in the game by Bournemouth’s profligacy
in front of goal. When Erling Haaland’s equaliser was squeezed home in the
eleventh hour of the game, even the most faithful City supporter knew it was
too little, too late.
Arsenal and Arteta secured the league earlier than they
would have predicted, giving City a prodigious title run-in.
The league triumph is Arteta’s second major title with the
North London club since joining in December 2019, adding to the English FA Cup
trophy won within six months of his tenure in May 2020.
The 44-year-old Spaniard wins his fourth title overall and
can win his fifth — and third major trophy — with victory over Paris
Saint-Germain in the UEFA Champions League final next weekend.
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