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Arsenal ended their 22-year hold to triumph the Premier League rubric connected Tuesday (May 19, 2026) erstwhile they were confirmed as champions pursuing second-placed Manchester City's 1-1 gully astatine Bournemouth.
Leaders for astir the full season, Mikel Arteta's broadside are present 4 points wide with one crippled remaining and Sunday's clash astatine Crystal Palace volition present beryllium a coronation.
Arsenal had beaten Burnley 1-0 connected Monday, meaning City had to triumph connected the southbound seashore to widen the contention to the last day.
You did it, @Arsenal. pic.twitter.com/tIHNG0qm5v
— Premier League (@premierleague) May 19, 2026But City trailed to Eli Junior Kroupi's first-half extremity and Erling Haaland's stoppage clip reply was excessively precocious for the visitors, who are reportedly set to accidental goodbye to manager Pep Guardiola astatine the extremity of the season after a glittering decade.
Arsenal had been dubbed the astir men nether Arteta aft finishing runners-up successful the erstwhile 3 seasons.
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta. File | Photo Credit: Reuters
But they person yet got implicit the line, delivering the club's 14th English title, down lone Manchester United and Liverpool who stock the grounds with 20.
It is Arsenal's archetypal rubric since 2003-04 erstwhile Arsene Wenger's broadside went through the play unbeaten and their archetypal large trophy since the 2020 FA Cup successful Arteta's archetypal play aft taking implicit from Unai Emery.
A memorable run could get adjacent amended for Arsenal arsenic they face Paris St Germain successful the Champions League final in Budapest connected May 30, bidding to triumph the trophy for the archetypal time. Do that and Arteta's squad volition spell down arsenic 1 of the top successful the club's 140-year history.
Arsenal's Kai Havertz celebrates scoring their side's archetypal extremity during the English Premier League lucifer betwixt Arsenal and Burnley connected May 18, 2026 | Photo Credit: AP
Celebrations successful North London
Arsenal's triumph sparked huge celebrations successful North London and adjacent astatine 10 Downing Street wherever Prime Minister Keir Starmer, a keen Gunners fan, posted connected X: "22 agelong years for Arsenal. But yet we're backmost where we belong."
Arteta, astatine 44 the youngest Arsenal manager to triumph the English top-flight title, said the erstwhile time that helium would beryllium Bournemouth's "biggest fan" for a mates of hours connected Tuesday.
Fittingly the rubric was delivered with the assistance of adjacent person Andoni Iraola whose Bournemouth broadside held City.
Former Arsenal subordinate Ian Wright arrives astatine the Arsenal stadium to observe with supporters | Photo Credit: AP
Arteta's sentiments would person been echoed by Arsenal fans watching the crippled successful pubs and bars earlier descending en masse to the Emirates Stadium for a enactment that was acceptable to spell connected precocious into the night.
Minutes aft the last whistle astatine Bournemouth, ample crowds of Arsenal fans were gathering, galore with reddish flares.
The first-team squad and unit had gathered astatine the club's grooming ground, northbound of London, with videos posted of chaotic celebrations arsenic the last whistle astatine Bournemouth confirmed the rubric was successful the bag.
Arsenal's occurrence has been built connected the fierce intensity, antiaircraft subject and attraction to item instilled by the innovative Arteta, who has revamped the nine civilization connected and disconnected the field.
Even erstwhile they were knocked disconnected the apical of the array by Manchester City successful April aft 200 days successful archetypal place, Arsenal's content ne'er wavered and they tin present bask their triumph aft a gripping rubric race.
