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That\u2019s all for our coverage of Bournemouth<\/a> v Man City, but we have a separate Arsenal blog that will be running for the next few hours. See you there.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Pep Guardiola was expected to confirm his departure tonight, which may well be the reason didn\u2019t. Football matches aren\u2019t the only things Pep loves to control. You wouldn\u2019t blame him if he was pretty hacked off at the timing of the story, 24 hours before such a big game. Now he will get to announce or at least confirm it on his terms, maybe on the pitch at the Etihad after Sunday\u2019s game.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Guardiola to decide future at the end of the season<\/p>\n double quotation markI have one more year of my contract. I will talk to the chairman at the end of the season. I will not tell you here \u2013 I have to talk to my chairman, my players and my staff.<\/p>\n I\u2019m the happiest man in the world to be at this extraordinary club.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.57 EDT<\/p>\n Pep Guardiola’s reaction<\/p>\n double quotation markIt was a tough game \u2013 we knew it would be. They had 10 days to prepare and they have a lot of energy. We fought and found a goal at the end but it was too late.<\/p>\n We could have played tomorrow or Thursday, but [the schedule] is what it is. We put a lot of midfield players to try control their transitions. The players have given everything all season in difficult circumstances.<\/p>\n We were close. On behalf of everyone at Manchester City, we congratulate Mikel and all the staff, players and fans on winning the Premier League. They deserve it.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n In other news, Spurs are hunting a late goal at Stamford Bridge that would effectively keep them in the Premier League<\/a> and relegate West Ham.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n I\u2019m going to hang around for Pep Guardiola\u2019s post-match interview, but we have a separate blog for all the reaction to Arsenal\u2019s triumph. They\u2019ve only bloody done it!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Declan Rice was right: it wasn\u2019t done. Hats off to Mikel Arteta, his staff, his players \u2013 and the board, who held their nerve when Arsenal were 15th at Christmas in 2020. That 3-1 win over Chelsea on Boxing Day, inspired by two teenagers and a 20-year-old*, was the little acorn that grew into a 14th Premier League<\/a> title.<\/p>\n * Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli and Emile Smith Rowe<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n John Brewin<\/p>\n Here is where the story ends. Congratulations, Arsenal, champions of England after 22 years. Farewell then, Pep Guardiola, 10 years of dominance ending in anticlimax. Two domestic cups counts as a disappointment in Pep terms. There will be no treble celebration at Manchester\u2019s Co-op Arena leaving party on Monday. Eli Junior Kroupi wrote his name in north London legend for ever, as the title race reached its conclusion on the south coast. Erling Haaland\u2019s late equaliser was nowhere near enough.<\/p>\n Andoni Iraola has been able to keep his future movements secret and he received a post-match send-off from a club grateful for three seasons of progressive, exiting football, capped off by reaching European football for the first time. A point was enough to claim that. His team\u2019s determination to complete the job was too much for opponents who cracked under the pressure of their situation, perhaps distracted by overnight news of the huge change coming their way.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Strictly speaking City lost the title tonight, but it was a mad 15 minutes at Everton that really cost them. And Arsenal reuniting with an old friend, the 1-0 victory, when it really mattered.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.36 EDT<\/p>\n Arsenal\u2019s Premier League<\/a> finishes under Mikel Arteta: 8th, 8th, 5th, 2nd, 2nd, 2nd, 1st. How\u2019s that for a journey?<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Arsenal\u2019s title is the biggest story, but it\u2019s far from the only one: Bournemouth have qualified for Europe for the first time in their history. They are now unbeaten in 17 Premier League<\/a> games, an outrageous achievement, and will play in either the Europa League or the Champions League.<\/p>\n Bournemouth were fabulous tonight, particularly Adrien Truffert, Eli Junior Kroupi and Marcus Tavernier. If anything, the draw flattered City.<\/p>\n The screen at the Vitality Stadium celebrates Bournemouth\u2019s historic achievement. Photograph: Catherine Ivill\/AMA\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.54 EDT<\/p>\n Pep Guardiola goes straight to the fourth official, presumably to query the amount of added time. City\u2019s players are on their haunches, processing the fact it\u2019s all over.<\/p>\n Pep Guardiola has a chat with referee Anthony Taylor too. Photograph: Sean Ryan\/IPS\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.56 EDT<\/p>\n Full time: Bournemouth 1-1 Man City<\/p>\n Arsenal are champions of England for the first time in 22 years!<\/p>\n Which pleases the Gooners watching the match at The Drayton Park Arms, Islington. Photograph: Julian Finney\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.38 EDT<\/p>\n 90+7 min Rodri\u2019s shot is desperately blocked. Or was it Cherki\u2019s? I DON\u2019T KNOW.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90+6 min Truffert is booked for a hack at Marmoush. This is City\u2019s last, last, last, last chance. Maybe even the last one.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n City have 90 seconds to get another. After a penalty area scramble, Rodri\u2019s shot hit the post and Haaland smoked the rebound into the top corner. Cracking finish.<\/p>\n Manchester City’s Erling Haaland sets up a frantic 90 seconds. Photograph: Paul Childs\/Action Images\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.28 EDT<\/p>\n GOAL! Bournemouth 1-1 Man City (Haaland 90+5)<\/p>\n Yep.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90+4 min Marmoush\u2019s free-kick hits the wall, then Foden misses his kick on the rebound.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90+3 min Now Kluivert fouls Rodri on the edge of the area. No second yellow card, but a chance for City to give Bournemouth<\/a> and Arsenal a scare\u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90+3 min Kluivert and Rodri have a row, then Khusanov and Scott do likewise. It settles down pretty quickly, after which Kluivert and Rodri are booked.<\/p>\n Tempers flare. Photograph: Dylan Martinez\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.25 EDT<\/p>\n 90+2 min This result, lest we forget, clinches a European place for Bournemouth<\/a>, and they are still in with a serious chance of qualifying for the Champions League.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90+1 min Six minutes of added time.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>90 min: Brooks hits the post!<\/p>\n David Brooks gallops through on goal after a perfectly timed pass from Unal. Donnarumma comes to meet him and Brooks curls a shot from 20 yards that thumps the right-hand post!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90 min: Double substitution Enes Unal and Lewis Cook replace Evanilson, who had run himself into the ground, and Adam Smith.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 88 min: Great chance for Brooks! That could have been it. Brooks, who had loads of time at the far post, screwed a shot too close to Donnarumma from 15 yards after great play from Tavernier on the left. Evanilson then curled not far wide from distance.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 87 min \u201cI started following Arsenal in the 2010-11 season, and I\u2019ve never had any expectations of them winning trophies, outside of an FA Cup at least 2-3 times every decade, so I\u2019m largely removed from the rancour that Arsenal\u2019s recent title challenges have elicited,\u201d writes Russell Eberts. \u201cIf this result holds, will the narrative be that Arsenal didn\u2019t earn their Premier League<\/a> trophy, but that City \u2018bottled it\u2019 in the end?\u201d<\/p>\n No, no chance. Arsenal are worthy champions; anyone who says otherwise needs a banter transplant. They\u2019ll be called boring champions by some, and I\u2019m sure that will take the gloss off the celebrations that are about to begin in the Gunners pub and elsewhere.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 84 min: Bournemouth<\/a> substitution David Brooks comes on for Rayan.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 82 min I think City are cooked. They\u2019ve looked leggy all night, and if he had his time again Pep Guardiola might make more than just one outfield change from the FA Cup final team. Then again, the fresher players have made little impact from the bench.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 79 min When the mini-title race began a month ago, we all thought that three away games would be crucial: Arsenal at West Ham, Manchester City<\/a> at Everton and Bournemouth. How right we were.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 78 min A moment of fortune for Petrovic, who spills a dropping ball and grabs it at the second attempt. That could easily have fallen for O\u2019Reilly in front of goal.<\/p>\n Bournemouth keeper Djordje Petrovic attempts to pluck the ball out of the air. Photograph: Sean Ryan\/IPS\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.19 EDT<\/p>\n 76 min: Man City substitution Omar Marmoush comes on for Jeremy Doku.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 76 min: Bournemouth<\/a> substitution Justin Kluivert replaces Arsenal legend Eli Junior Kroupi.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 74 min Cherki wins a corner for City, who appear to have found a second wind. They need a second goal, but they have to score the first first.<\/p>\n The corner pinballs around before Tavernier calmly clears.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.03 EDT<\/p>\n 73 min If it stays like this, Pep Guardiola will have failed to win the league in consecutive seasons for the first time in his career. Failure gets us all in the end, if you can call a two-trophy season a failure.<\/p>\n You can\u2019t win \u2018em all. Photograph: Paul Childs\/Action Images\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.16 EDT<\/p>\n 71 min Doku tries to run Rayan, who ushers the ball behind for a goalkick and celebrates in front of the home fans. This Bournemouth<\/a> team really are wonderful.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 69 min Donnarumma reacts well to punch Rayan\u2019s deflected cross round the post. Bournemouth<\/a> aren\u2019t just keeping City at bay, they\u2019ve been on top in the last 10 minutes.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 68 min After 22 years, Arsenal are now 22 minutes* away from their 14th league title.<\/p>\n * Plus added time, I know.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.11 EDT<\/p>\n 67 min Truffert busts his lungs yet again to win a corner for Bournemouth<\/a>. He\u2019s been magnificent tonight.<\/p>\n Scott\u2019s corner is poor and headed away by Nunes.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 66 min \u201cSo, next season,\u201d begins Zach Neeley, \u201cthe managers of the supposed big six a will be an (either way) even more Arteta\u2019d Arteta, Maresca not only in Pep\u2019s shadow but fired by Chelsea this season in weird circumstances, Chelsea with the also recently fired Alonso who Liverpool always wanted, Liverpool w\/ a shouldn\u2019t have been fired but still itching to fire him Slot, and Carrick trying to avoid the \u201cManchester United manager entropy field\u201d and being the next Ole. So the one with the most chill managerial situation would be, Tottenham? What a world.\u201d<\/p>\n The words \u2018chill\u2019 and \u2018Tottenham\u2019 have just appeared in the same sentence, and life may never be the same again.<\/p>\n