Arsenal have won the Premier League to end a 22-year wait for a title and break a run of three successive seasons as runners-up.
The Gunners were confirmed as champions with a game to spare thanks to Man City slipping up at Bournemouth in a 1-1 draw, with the gap still four points with only one game remaining.
City had been on the back foot for the entirety of the second half after Eli Kroupi Junior’s stunning 39th-minute opener, and while Erling Haaland was able to snatch a stoppage-time equaliser, it was too little, too late for Pep Guardiola who is expected to leave the club at the end of the season.
Mikel Arteta’s side will now travel across London to Crystal Palace on the final day of the 2025/26 season as champions, having clinched the club’s 14th title, the third-most in English football history, but a first since their 2004 “Invincibles”.
Follow our live blog for all the latest reaction from Arsenal’s title win:
Arsenal win Premier League title - live reaction
- Arsenal win Premier League title for first time in 22 years
- Man City failure to beat Bournemouth crowned Gunners as champions
- How Arsenal celebrated Premier League title triumph
- ANALYSIS: Inside the crucial intervention that turned the title race
How the world looked when Arsenal last won the Premier League
15:30 , Harry Latham-Coyle
22 years is a long, long time – and the world and Arsenal looked rather different when they were last crowned Premier League champions.
How the world looked when Arsenal last won the league: Blair’s Labour and £2 pints
Five key games that took Arsenal to the title
15:00 , Harry Latham-Coyle
It has been a triumph for the collective at Arsenal, with plenty playing a part across a long season. Here are five key matches and moments along the way:
Arsenal win the Premier League: Five key games that took Arteta’s side to the title
Inside Arsenal’s Premier League triumph and the crucial intervention that turned the title race
14:30 , Harry Latham-Coyle
How did Arsenal do it? Our Miguel Delaney has the inside story of the key intervention that turned the title race.
Inside Arsenal’s Premier League triumph and the moment that turned the title race
WATCH: Keir Starmer congratulates Arsenal on title win at Prime Minister's Questions
14:00 , Harry Latham-Coyle
The Prime Minister is an Arsenal season ticket holder – though David Lammy, his deputy and a big Tottenham supporter, did not seem best pleased by this moment at PMQs...
Celebrity Arsenal supporters including Piers Morgan, Sir Lewis Hamilton and Hugh Laurie celebrate title win
13:43 , Harry Latham-Coyle
Sir David Beckham found himself on the receiving end of some good-natured teasing from his son Romeo following Arsenal’s Premier League triumph, ending the club’s 22-year wait for the title.
Romeo, a vocal Arsenal supporter, had eagerly anticipated the victory. Ahead of the decisive match between Manchester City and Bournemouth, he posted a selfie on his Instagram stories with the caption "Come on boys win us the title".
Following the win, he shared a close-up of his hand over his face, exclaiming: "Oh my god we’ve done it. I love you Arsenal," with multiple heart emojis.
Celebrity Arsenal supporters including Piers Morgan and Sir Lewis Hamilton
Max Dowman makes history as youngest Premier League winner
13:00 , Flo Clifford
Arsenal winning the title marks another historic moment in the fledgling career of Max Dowman, who at 16 years and 144 days old on Sunday, the final day of the season, will become the youngest-ever Premier League champion.
Players must feature in a minimum of five top-flight games to receive a winner’s medal, and Dowman has made five appearances off the bench.
Previously City’s Phil Foden held the record, winning the league aged for the first time aged 17 years and 350 days old.
Youngster Dowman is currently sitting his GCSEs as well as winning trophies with the Gunners.
'A new era' - former Arsenal player Matthew Upson
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Former Arsenal defender Matthew Upson told BBC 5 Live: “It's lovely. A long time coming. The last few times I have been to the Emirates, walking into the ground, the fans have been everywhere. The semi-final of the Champions League, there were flares and it just had an edgy excited feel to it.
“It is the first time the Emirates Stadium has felt that. All the previous wins and titles were at Highbury. It's like a new era of getting to this level and to finally do it and get it over the line is great for this football club. There's nothing like success on the field that makes you feel at home.
“The supporters have been edgy, I was there when they lost against Manchester United in January and it was really edgy - I could sense the angst in the crowd.
“They've overcome that through March and April and I think the foundation that the team has had has got them through that sticky point where it could have gone the other way. Perseverance has paid off.”
Arsenal reveal title parade plan
12:10 , Flo Clifford
Arsenal have revealed their plans for a title parade to mark the occasion of their 14th league title.
The club announced: “We are delighted to announce that we will come together with our supporters and community for a special parade around our home borough of Islington, starting from 2pm on Sunday 31 May, to celebrate our title.
“This follows our Uefa Champions League Final against Paris Saint-Germain in Budapest on Saturday 30 May, at 5pm (UK time). Should we be successful in this game, our parade will also celebrate this historic triumph.
“This will be a major public event, and we anticipate large numbers of supporters will turn out in the local area.
“We hope you are able to join our celebrations on the day.”
Thierry Henry joins celebrations
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Thierry Henry, the Gunners all-time record goalscorer, posted an emotional tribute to the new Premier League champions.
The Arsenal great wrote: “From Highbury seats to the Emirates - Arsenal Nation, finally we can celebrate. Special thanks to this generation - finally now my kids saw us winning a title.”
Pep Guardiola congratulates former assistant Mikel Arteta
11:30 , Flo Clifford
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola, who had Arteta as his assistant for two of City’s league titles, paid tribute to his fellow Spaniard.
“On behalf of everyone at Manchester City, we congratulate Mikel and all the staff, players and fans on winning the Premier League,” he told Sky Sports. “They deserve it, for so much hard work and effort.”
Arsene Wenger pays tribute to successors as Premier League champions
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Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger featured in a celebratory post by the north London club.
The Frenchman, who oversaw three Premier League titles, including the 2004 ‘Invincibles’ team, said: “You did it. Champions go on when others stop. This is your time. Now, go on and enjoy every moment.”
Arsenal players greeted by fans in early hours of morning outside Emirates Stadium after title party
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Several Arsenal players joined fans outside the Emirates Stadium in the early hours of Wednesday morning as the celebrations for their first Premier League title in 22 years continued long into the night.
Eberechi Eze posted a picture outside the stadium alongside Declan Rice, Jurrien Timber and Bukayo Saka in the early hours of Wednesday morning, while footage emerged of the players speaking to fans at 5am and Rice organising a group photo to commemorate the moment.
Eze’s Instagram post also featured an image of Arsenal-branded water bottle, a reference to frequent criticism over the past three seasons - in which the Gunners have finished runners-up each time - that the club has “bottled’ the run-in to the end of the season and failed to claim the title.
Can Arsenal complete the double by winning the Champions League?
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After Arsenal ended their 22-year wait for a Premier League title following Manchester City’s slip-up at Bournemouth, our latest poll asks readers whether Mikel Arteta’s side can now complete a historic double by winning the Champions League too. Cast your vote below:
Famous fans react to Arsenal's title win
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22 long years for the Arsenal.
— Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) May 19, 2026
But finally, we’re back where we belong.
Champions!
Well heck. The Arsenal. What an amazing achievement. BPM 150, dropping slowly.
— Hugh Laurie (@hughlaurie) May 19, 2026
Incredible scenes outside the Emirates. A moment I will never forget.
— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) May 19, 2026
Arsenal - Premier League Champions!#COYG pic.twitter.com/5PKgv23AaI
Inside Arsenal’s title celebrations as Bukayo Saka sends message to critics
10:00 , Flo Clifford
A jubilant Bukayo Saka hit back at Arsenal’s critics by saying “they’re not laughing at us anymore” as the club celebrated their first Premier League title in 22 years.
Arsenal players and staff gathered at their London Colney training base to watch rivals Manchester City draw 1-1 with Bournemouth, guaranteeing the Gunners their first championship since 2004 and their 14th top-flight in all, with a game to spare.
“Light that up,” Saka said in footage posted by defender Jurrien Timber on his Instagram account.
“Let me tell you something. Twenty-two years, 22 years. there was laughing, there was joking, they’re not laughing anymore. Look, it is going to be shining, it is going to be shining bright.”
Inside Arsenal’s title celebrations as Bukayo Saka sends message to critics
Ian Wright joins in the celebrations
09:45 , Flo Clifford
Former Gunner Ian Wright has posted a video of himself celebrating with fans outside the Emirates, with the caption possibly a reference to his minor spat with Wayne Rooney, whom he dubbed the ‘celebration police’ for saying Arsenal over-reacted to reaching the Champions League final.
CAN WE CELEBRATE NOW????❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/sh7O3bIXwt
— Ian Wright (@IanWright0) May 20, 2026
Arsenal fans celebrate outside the Emirates
09:30 , Flo Clifford
These streets are our own ❤️🔥 pic.twitter.com/6vGfNKsNNI
— Arsenal (@Arsenal) May 20, 2026
The moment Arsenal found out they won the title
09:14 , Flo Clifford
We did it, together. pic.twitter.com/wQDp02LvLd
— Arsenal (@Arsenal) May 19, 2026
Erling Haaland: 'We should be angry'
09:00 , Flo Clifford
Erling Haaland has urged Manchester City to use the pain of missing out on the Premier League trophy for a second successive year to fuel next season’s title challenge.
“Every game in the Premier League is difficult, we tried, it wasn’t enough,” Haaland said in an interview with City Studios.
“The whole club should use this as motivation now. We should be angry, we should feel a fire inside our belly because it’s not good enough. It’s gone two years now, it feels like forever.
“We’re going to do everything we can, everyone that will be here next season, to win the league.”
The crucial intervention that turned the title race
08:45 , Miguel Delaney
After so much angst and frustration from the length of that very wait, Mikel Arteta and his squad can at last say it’s over.
The Basque, for his part, was more conscious than anyone of the effects of that wait. He could sense it through the season, that sudden danger when everything looked like slipping away in the manner that so many people expected.
If there has been one great virtue of Arsenal’s campaign, it is how Arteta has managed that; how he ensured the team stayed in control.
That was occasionally rather fragile. There were at least four major moments of emotional crisis, when Arteta felt he had to intervene. The trick was always to get the players to look at it from a new perspective, to remember they’d rather be in this situation than not.
Read the inside story from Miguel Delaney here:
Inside Arsenal’s Premier League triumph and the moment that turned the title race
Ian Wright celebrates with Arsenal fans after securing long-awaited Premier League title
08:30 , Flo Clifford
Can you spot an Arsenal legend? 👀 @IanWright0 ❤️ pic.twitter.com/ievLkcjyMR
— Arsenal (@Arsenal) May 19, 2026
Ian Wright celebrates with Arsenal fans after securing long-awaited Premier League title
08:15 , Flo Clifford
Ex-Arsenal player and pundit Ian Wright was among thousands of fans celebrating the Gunners’ first Premier League title in 22 years, joining in the joyous scenes outside the Emirates on Tuesday night.
Manchester City’s failure to beat Bournemouth, instead drawing 1-1, meant Pep Guardiola’s side could mathematically no longer catch league leaders Arsenal and take the title race to the final day, with the gap at four points with one game to go.
The result sparked delirium at the Emirates and across north London, with fans flocking to the stadium to celebrate their first top-flight trophy since the 2004 ‘Invincibles’, setting off flares and fireworks.
Wright, Arsenal’s second-highest goal scorer of all time and a former Premier League winner with the side, was among their numbers, and was mobbed by fans singing his name outside the ground.
Wright celebrates with Arsenal fans after sealing long-awaited Premier League title
Iraola eyeing thank you gift from Arteta
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Andoni Iraola is hopeful he will receive a thank you gift from childhood friend Mikel Arteta after helping deliver his side the Premier League title with a 1-1 draw with Manchester City that ensured Arsenal were mathematically out of reach.
He said: "It would be lovely. Something! I haven't even checked my phone, I should have at least one text message or something.
"But it was not because of this game. They were probably going to go and finish it themselves.
"I'm happy for him because he's done an incredible job there. The last few seasons they have been very consistent."
Declan Rice celebrates Arsenal’s Premier League title win with cheeky Instagram post
07:45 , Flo Clifford
Declan Rice celebrated Arsenal’s Premier League title triumph with an Instagram post calling back to his now famous line at the end of the Gunners’ April defeat by Manchester City.
Rice was pictured saying “it’s not over” to his captain Martin Odegaard at full-time in the 2-1 defeat which swung title-race momentum in favour of reigning champions City.
The moment of defiance was both hailed and mocked on social media, but Rice was proved right as the Gunners sealed their first Premier League title for 22 years following Tuesday night’s 1-1 draw between City and Bournemouth.
He posted: “I told you all… it’s done.”
Declan Rice celebrates Arsenal’s Premier League title win with cheeky Instagram post
Inside Arsenal’s Premier League triumph and the crucial intervention that turned the title race
07:30 , Miguel Delaney
As Mikel Arteta finally gets to savour the moment, he will be repeating a few words he couldn’t help ruminate on throughout the season. “Twenty-two years,” he’d say to anyone listening. “Twenty-two years. It’s far too long for a club like Arsenal.”
And now, after so much angst and frustration from the length of that very wait, Arteta and his squad can at last say it’s over. On Sunday, he will lift the Premier League trophy, the club’s first title since 2004 and 14th in all.
The Basque, for his part, was more conscious than anyone of the effects of that wait. He could sense it through the season, that sudden danger when everything looked like slipping away in the manner that so many people expected.
If there has been one great virtue of Arsenal’s campaign, it is how Arteta has managed that; how he ensured the team stayed in control.
Inside Arsenal’s Premier League triumph and the moment that turned the title race
Arsenal end 22-year wait for Premier League title
07:15 , Will Castle
Sore heads, Arsenal fans?
Arsenal end 22-year wait for Premier League title
07:00 , Will Castle
This belongs to all of us. pic.twitter.com/7cUNDp2KR5
— Arsenal (@Arsenal) May 19, 2026
Five key games that took Arsenal to the title
06:30 , Will Castle
Arsenal were crowned Premier League champions for the first time in 22 years after Manchester City were held to a 1-1 draw at Bournemouth.
The Gunners’ long wait to add to their 13 top-flight titles was ended when Pep Guardiola’s side dropped points in their penultimate match, the game in hand they had over their rivals.
It left Arsenal with an unassailable lead at the top and kicked off the celebrations in north London.
Here are the five key matches which helped Mikel Arteta’s side see off Manchester City and secure the Premier League title:
Arsenal win the Premier League: Five key games that took Arteta’s side to the title
How the world looked when Arsenal last won the Premier League: Blair in charge, Eamon at No 1, £2 pints
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Arsenal have won the Premier League title for the first time since 2004.
Here is a glimpse at how the world looked the last time the Gunners finished top of the pile.
The last time the Gunners topped the league, Tony Blair was serving his second term as Prime Minister, with Gordon Brown, David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak, and Sir Keir Starmer all yet to hold the office.
Daily life also looked different: a pint of beer in the UK cost £2.33, a pint of milk was just 35p, and a loaf of bread set you back 64p.
Read more:
How the world looked when Arsenal last won the league: Blair’s Labour and £2 pints
Pep Guardiola breaks silence on Man City exit after Arsenal seal Premier League title
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Pep Guardiola refused to confirm whether he will leave Manchester City at the end of the season, in what would be a huge move that will spark a seismic shift in the Premier League.
Asked about his future following City’s 1-1 draw with Bournemouth on Tuesday night, which sealed Arsenal’s first Premier League title for 22 years, Guardiola said: “I can say I have one more year of contract. I’m in a position I’ve had for many many years. It’s always from my experience, when you announce during the competition, it’s a bad result.
“The first person I have to talk to is my chairman. We decide when we finish the season, we’ll see and we’ll talk. It’s as simple as that and after that we’ll take the decision. I will not tell you here because I have to talk with my chairman, my players and my staff.”
He added: “I’m the happiest man in the planet to be in this club, this club is just extraordinary.”
Pep Guardiola breaks silence on Man City exit after Arsenal seal Premier League title
WATCH: Arsenal fans celebrate first Premier League title in 22 years
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Richards: Guardiola is 'greatest manager of his generation'
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"He is the greatest manager of his generation without doubt and I say that because of the way he plays football,” Micah Richards told Sky Sports, speaking on Pep Guardiola. “There are certain ways you can win a football match.
"Arteta and Arsenal have done it a little bit more defensively, but in terms of his 10-year tenure at Man City, if it full backs inverted, false 9s, playing Stones in central midfield in the Champions League final, he has just created a way to love the game and for the game to be played in the right way.
"You can see in his demeanor he is leaving. The way he was answering the questions.
"If he wanted to stay, he would say: 'I'm staying.' It's a sad day for the Premier League and City because he's been an absolute great."
Arsenal's mentality monsters
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Winning the title was in doubt just last month, however, when Arsenal fell to Man City at the Etihad Stadium last month, but the Londoners have since won four games without conceding a goal, with Declan Rice hailing his side’s mentality.
“We knew on the inside that we had the belief and we could still win it [after losing at Man City],” Rice said. "But it’s emotional because where this club has come from over the last 10 years – the ups and downs.
“I wasn’t here before, but I knew about it, I heard about it and to be a part of what is going on now is so special. This club deserves really good things and we have worked really hard towards that, so let’s keep pushing."
Richards says he expected more from Man City
Wednesday 20 May 2026 00:40 , Will Castle
"Congratulations to Arsenal, but for City, we just expect a little bit more, when it was in their hands, they couldn't get it over the line," said former City defender Micah Richards.
“It’s a bad day. To fall away how they have, Everton is tough, Bournemouth too, but we expect more.”
Iraola hails Guardiola amid exit talk
Wednesday 20 May 2026 00:20 , Will Castle
"Pep is the top of the top,” Iraola told Sky Sports. “He has won everything.
“It was a difficult game for them, they played three days ago with the tension of a final. We made them play a difficult game and they were obviously tired but they have this quality.
“It makes it even more nice when you play like this against an opposition that are so good.”
How it stands heading into final day
Wednesday 20 May 2026 00:00 , Will Castle
Arsenal
Played: 37 | Points: 82 | GD: 43
Man City
Played: 37 | Points: 78 | GD: 43
Out of reach.
Declan Rice celebrates Arsenal’s Premier League title win with cheeky Instagram post
Tuesday 19 May 2026 23:50 , Lawrence Ostlere
Declan Rice celebrated Arsenal’s Premier League title triumph with an Instagram post calling back to his now famous line at the end of the Gunners’ April defeat by Manchester City.
Rice was pictured saying “it’s not over” to his captain Martin Odegaard at full-time in the 2-1 defeat which swung title-race momentum in favour of reigning champions City.
The moment of defiance was both hailed and mocked on social media, but Rice was proved right as the Gunners sealed their first Premier League title for 22 years following Tuesday night’s 1-1 draw between City and Bournemouth.
He posted: “I told you all… it’s done.”
Declan Rice celebrates Arsenal’s Premier League title win with cheeky Instagram post
No joy for the other side of north London
Tuesday 19 May 2026 23:40 , Will Castle
Tottenham’s fight to avoid relegation from the Premier League will go to the final day of the season after they were beaten 2-1 by Chelsea at Stamford Bridge to hand 18th-place West Ham a lifeline.
A point in west London would have put an end to the Spurs nightmare that still threatens to pull them into the second tier for the first time in 48 years but they succumbed to familiar frailties, Enzo Fernandez and Andrey Santos scoring in each half for the Blues in entirely avoidable circumstances for Roberto De Zerbi’s side.
Richarlison got one back 16 minutes from the end to offer late hope and give the signal for a hugely tense finish, the jeopardy felt by home fans at potentially being denied a role in sending Spurs down igniting the atmosphere.
Full report from Stamford Bridge:
The crucial opportunity Tottenham missed as relegation battle goes to final day
Keir Starmer basks in Arsenal's glory
Tuesday 19 May 2026 23:30 , Will Castle
Prime Minister Keir Starmer, an Arsenal fan, has taken to social media to celebrate his team’s triumph.
22 long years for the Arsenal.
— Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) May 19, 2026
But finally, we’re back where we belong.
Champions!
Iraola eyeing thank you gift from Arteta
Tuesday 19 May 2026 23:20 , Will Castle
Andoni Iraola is hopeful he will receive a thank you gift from childhood friend Mikel Arteta after helping deliver his side the Premier League title.
He said: "It would be lovely. Something! I haven't even checked my phone, I should have at least one text message or something.
"But it was not because of this game. They were probably going to go and finish it themselves.
"I'm happy for him because he's done an incredible job there. The last few seasons they have been very consistent."
Bournemouth secure European football
Tuesday 19 May 2026 23:20 , Will Castle
All the attention tonight will be on Arsenal’s title triumph, but let’s spare a word for Bournemouth.
Their result against Manchester City means they will play European football next season.
From the brink of demise at the bottom of the Football League 18 years ago, what an incredible come-up they’ve experienced.
How the world looked when Arsenal last won the Premier League: Blair in charge, Eamon at No 1, £2 pints
Tuesday 19 May 2026 23:10 , Will Castle
Arsenal have won the Premier League title for the first time since 2004.
Here is a glimpse at how the world looked the last time the Gunners finished top of the pile.
The last time the Gunners topped the league, Tony Blair was serving his second term as Prime Minister, with Gordon Brown, David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak, and Sir Keir Starmer all yet to hold the office.
Daily life also looked different: a pint of beer in the UK cost £2.33, a pint of milk was just 35p, and a loaf of bread set you back 64p.
Read more:
How the world looked when Arsenal last won the league: Blair’s Labour and £2 pints
How Arsenal fans reacted to Junior Kroupi's goal
Tuesday 19 May 2026 23:00 , Will Castle
Arsenal fans LIVE REACTION to that Junior Kroupi goal that could WIN them the Premier League tonight…
— Midnite (@midnite) May 19, 2026
🎥 - @BeanymanSports pic.twitter.com/hF6zIl9S3o
Look who's joined the party!
Tuesday 19 May 2026 22:54 , Will Castle
Ian Wright is amongst the celebrations outside the Emirates!
The wait is over
Tuesday 19 May 2026 22:50 , Will Castle
In winning their first league title in 22 years, Arsenal have ended their longest drought without lifting the trophy since their first triumph in 1931.
Guardiola congratulates Arteta before speaking on future
Tuesday 19 May 2026 22:46 , Will Castle
"[I need to] congratulate Arsenal, Mikel and the backroom staff, the fans for the Premier League which they deserved,” Guardiola said in his press conference.
"I would love to have arrived in the last moment. Today the fatigue was there. Bournemouth had 12 days to prepare. The impact from the fresh players was not good enough.
"We fought a lot and we prepare next season.
"With the club, I always talk. But not now. The first thing you should understand, I have to talk with the chairman first.
"We will talk in the next few days. First, we have to talk with the chairman what we have to do."
Arsenal's watch party erupts
Tuesday 19 May 2026 22:42 , Will Castle
We did it, together. pic.twitter.com/wQDp02LvLd
— Arsenal (@Arsenal) May 19, 2026
WATCH: Moment Arsenal win first Premier League title in 22 years
Tuesday 19 May 2026 22:38 , Will Castle
Scenes at the Emirates
Tuesday 19 May 2026 22:34 , Will Castle
Inside Arsenal’s Premier League triumph and the crucial intervention that turned the title race
Tuesday 19 May 2026 22:30 , Miguel Delaney
As Mikel Arteta finally gets to savour the moment, he will be repeating a few words he couldn’t help ruminate on throughout the season. “Twenty-two years,” he’d say to anyone listening. “Twenty-two years. It’s far too long for a club like Arsenal.”
And now, after so much angst and frustration from the length of that very wait, Arteta and his squad can at last say it’s over. On Sunday, he will lift the Premier League trophy, the club’s first title since 2004 and 14th in all.
The Basque, for his part, was more conscious than anyone of the effects of that wait. He could sense it through the season, that sudden danger when everything looked like slipping away in the manner that so many people expected.
If there has been one great virtue of Arsenal’s campaign, it is how Arteta has managed that; how he ensured the team stayed in control.
Inside Arsenal’s Premier League triumph and the moment that turned the title race
Five key games that took Arsenal to the title
Tuesday 19 May 2026 22:26 , Will Castle
Arsenal 1-0 Burnley (May 18)
It was not a vintage performance by any means, but it will be remembered as the game that put the club on the brink. Arsenal’s breakthrough arrived, as it so often has in their championship-winning campaign, from a corner (19 of Arsenal’s 69 Premier League goals have come from corners this season) with Havertz heading home in the 36th minute. The win meant City had to beat Bournemouth, and after Guardiola’s men came unstuck on the south coast, Arsenal were able to celebrate their first title in 22 years.
Five key games that took Arsenal to the title
Tuesday 19 May 2026 22:22 , Will Castle
Arsenal 3-0 Fulham (May 2)
Arsenal have been a bundle of nerves at the Emirates Stadium all season, but the shackles were off against Fulham with Gyokeres scoring twice and Bukayo Saka also on target. The home crowd were suddenly back onside, and the result moved Arsenal six points clear of City. Pep Guardiola’s side had two games in hand, but would end up drawing 3-3 with Everton to allow Arteta’s men to claw back the initiative.
Five key games that took Arsenal to the title
Tuesday 19 May 2026 22:18 , Will Castle
Manchester City 2-1 Arsenal (April 19)
Arteta’s side headed to the Etihad Stadium with just one win in five matches, and although they lost again, as Rayan Cherki and Erling Haaland scored either side of Kai Havertz’s goal to take the title race out of their hands for the first time since October, it was not the bloodbath that some might have expected. Arsenal went toe-to-toe with City, and the performance provided them with renewed belief. At the final whistle, Declan Rice told his team-mates “it’s not done”, and the midfielder proved to be right. The Gunners used the “fuel” of losing to their title rivals as a springboard to winning their next four games without conceding.
Five key games that took Arsenal to the title
Tuesday 19 May 2026 22:14 , Will Castle
Arsenal 2-0 Everton (March 14)
Arsenal laboured against David Moyes’ well-drilled Everton side before Year 11 student Max Dowman’s introduction in the 74th minute changed the game, and the course of the title race, in the Gunners’ favour. Dowman provided Gyokeres’ opener with one minute left before the teenager, aged 16 years and 73 days, struck a stoppage-time breakaway goal to become the youngest goalscorer in Premier League history.
Five key games that took Arsenal to the title
Tuesday 19 May 2026 22:10 , Will Castle
Tottenham 1-4 Arsenal (February 22)
Dropped points in draws at Brentford and then Wolves – where they surrendered a two-goal lead – prompted questions about Arsenal’s title mentality ahead of a trip to Spurs. However, Viktor Gyokeres and Eberechi Eze both scored twice as the Gunners ran riot at the home of their fierce rivals to silence their critics and move five points clear of City.
Declan Rice reacts to Arsenal title win
Tuesday 19 May 2026 22:06 , Will Castle
The all-important goal
Tuesday 19 May 2026 22:02 , Will Castle
Eli Junior Kroupi’s stunner put Arsenal on course for the title - and they never strayed from it.
A HUGE goal for the title race!
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) May 19, 2026
Eli Junior Kroupi with a glorious finish to give Bournemouth the lead against Man City! 🍒 pic.twitter.com/Zd5si2q7yX
Guardiola remains coy over exit reports
Tuesday 19 May 2026 22:00 , Will Castle
Pep Guardiola has remained coy over his future and has chosen not confirmed the reports surrounding his imminent exit at Manchester City.
He told Sky Sports: “I could say I have one more year of contract. I’m in a position I’ve had for many many years. It’s always from my experience, when you announce during the competition, it’s a bad result.
“The first person I have to talk to is my chairman. We decide when we finish the season, we’ll see and we’ll talk. It’s as simple as that and after that we’ll take the decision.
“I will not tell you here because I have to talk with my chairman, my players and my staff.”
He added: "I'm the happiest man in the planet to be in this club, this club is just extraordinary."
Heartbreak for Man City
Tuesday 19 May 2026 21:52 , Will Castle
In Arsenal’s ecstasy comes Manchester City’s agony, on a day that looks set to go down as one of the most gut-wrenching in their history.
A last-gasp Erling Haaland strike was too little, too late at the Vitality as they failed to do what was required and beat Bournemouth, ending their title hopes going into the final day.
And on that final day, Pep Guardiola will by all accounts bid farewell after a glory-laden 10 years at the Etihad - news that has emerged over the past 24 hours.
Guardiola is about to speak to Sky Sports - let’s see what he has to say...
WATCH: Arsenal win Premier League title as fans celebrate in packed pub
Tuesday 19 May 2026 21:45 , Will Castle
Arsenal win Premier League title
Tuesday 19 May 2026 21:43 , Will Castle
Arsenal are Premier League champions for a fourth time, and a first time since their 2004 Invincibles.
They last topped the table when Arsene Wenger guided the club to the third of three titles in his famous reign, doing the unprecedented by going unbeaten in a 38-game Premier League campaign.
But in the seventh full season of Arteta’s spell in charge at Emirates Stadium, having rebuilt the club, Arsenal have finally returned to the top of English football.
Arsenal win Premier League title
Tuesday 19 May 2026 21:39 , Will Castle
A quick warning for headphone users - the full-time scenes at the Emirates were taking the microphones in place to their absolute limit.
Sheer, unadulterated jubilation. It’s been a long 22 years.
CHAMPIONS! North London reacts to the news from the south coast 🏆 pic.twitter.com/rgG9dtt0Mj
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) May 19, 2026
Arsenal win Premier League title
Tuesday 19 May 2026 21:35 , Will Castle
Arsenal in gold.
The Arsenal. Your Premier League champions. pic.twitter.com/gNnfzesrhP
— Arsenal (@Arsenal) May 19, 2026
Arsenal win Premier League title
Tuesday 19 May 2026 21:34 , Will Castle
It’s OVER!
Arsenal have won the Premier League to end a 22-year wait for a title and break a run of three successive seasons as runners-up.
The Gunners were confirmed as champions with a game to spare thanks to Man City slipping up at Bournemouth in a 1-1 draw, with the gap still four points with only one game remaining.
Mikel Arteta’s side will now travel across London to Crystal Palace on the final day of the 2025/26 season as champions, having clinched the club’s 14th title, the third-most in English football history.
FULL-TIME! ARSENAL WIN PREMIER LEAGUE TITLE!
Tuesday 19 May 2026 21:25 , Will Castle
It IS too little too late for Manchester City! The full-time whistle goes, and ARSENAL ARE PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS!
GOAL! Bournemouth 1-1 Man City (Haaland, 90+5')
Tuesday 19 May 2026 21:24 , Will Castle
It’s Rodri off the post, then Erling Haaland fires home!
Wow. Man City need another. Is it too little, too late?
Bournemouth 1-0 Man City
Tuesday 19 May 2026 21:22 , Will Castle
90+4 mins: Marmoush... fires into the wall. That sums up City tonight.
Bournemouth 1-0 Man City
Tuesday 19 May 2026 21:22 , Will Castle
90+3 mins: Kluivert has lost his head a bit here. He’s just been booked for a coming together with Rodri and seconds later goes right into the back of the Spaniard to give away a free-kick on the edge of the area.
He escapes another booking but this has given City a chance at staging a miracle. This needs to go in.
Bournemouth 1-0 Man City
Tuesday 19 May 2026 21:21 , Will Castle
90+1 mins: Six minutes added on. Six minutes until Arsenal are crowned, barring some Aguero-esque City heroics.
