{"id":653152,"date":"2026-05-19T21:46:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T21:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/653152\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T21:46:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T21:46:20","slug":"arsenal-win-premier-league-title-after-man-city-held-at-bournemouth-live-reaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/653152\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal win Premier League title after Man City held at Bournemouth – live reaction"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Arsenal’s watch party erupts<\/p>\n

Will Castle19 May 2026 22:42<\/p>\n

<\/a>WATCH: Moment Arsenal win first Premier League title in 22 yearsMoment Arsenal win first Premier League title in 22 years<\/p>\n

Will Castle19 May 2026 22:38<\/p>\n

<\/a>Scenes at the Emirates\"\"(Getty)\"\"(PA)\"\"(Getty)<\/p>\n

Will Castle19 May 2026 22:34<\/p>\n

<\/a>Inside Arsenal\u2019s Premier League triumph and the crucial intervention that turned the title race<\/p>\n

As Mikel Arteta finally gets to savour the moment, he will be repeating a few words he couldn\u2019t help ruminate on throughout the season. \u201cTwenty-two years,\u201d he\u2019d say to anyone listening. \u201cTwenty-two years. It\u2019s far too long for a club like Arsenal.\u201d<\/p>\n

And now, after so much angst and frustration from the length of that very wait, Arteta and his squad can at last say it\u2019s over. On Sunday, he will lift the Premier League trophy<\/a>, the club\u2019s first title since 2004 and 14th in all.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

If there has been one great virtue of Arsenal\u2019s campaign, it is how Arteta has managed that; how he ensured the team stayed in control.<\/p>\n

Miguel Delaney19 May 2026 22:30<\/p>\n

<\/a>Five key games that took Arsenal to the title<\/p>\n

Arsenal 1-0 Burnley (May 18)<\/p>\n

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\u2019s breakthrough arrived, as it so often has in their championship-winning campaign, from a corner (19 of Arsenal\u2019s 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\u2019s men came unstuck on the south coast, Arsenal were able to celebrate their first title in 22 years.<\/p>\n

\"\"(Getty)<\/p>\n

Will Castle19 May 2026 22:26<\/p>\n

<\/a>Five key games that took Arsenal to the title<\/p>\n

Arsenal 3-0 Fulham (May 2)<\/p>\n

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\u2019s side had two games in hand, but would end up drawing 3-3 with Everton to allow Arteta\u2019s men to claw back the initiative.<\/p>\n

\"\"(Reuters)<\/p>\n

Will Castle19 May 2026 22:22<\/p>\n

<\/a>Five key games that took Arsenal to the title<\/p>\n

Manchester City 2-1 Arsenal (April 19)<\/p>\n

Arteta\u2019s 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\u2019s 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 \u201cit\u2019s not done\u201d, and the midfielder proved to be right. The Gunners used the \u201cfuel\u201d of losing to their title rivals as a springboard to winning their next four games without conceding.<\/p>\n

\"\"(Getty)<\/p>\n

Will Castle19 May 2026 22:18<\/p>\n

<\/a>Five key games that took Arsenal to the title<\/p>\n

Arsenal 2-0 Everton (March 14)<\/p>\n

Arsenal laboured against David Moyes\u2019 well-drilled Everton side before Year 11 student Max Dowman\u2019s introduction in the 74th minute changed the game, and the course of the title race, in the Gunners\u2019 favour. Dowman provided Gyokeres\u2019 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.<\/p>\n

\"\"(Getty)<\/p>\n

Will Castle19 May 2026 22:14<\/p>\n

<\/a>Five key games that took Arsenal to the title<\/p>\n

Tottenham 1-4 Arsenal (February 22)<\/p>\n

Dropped points in draws at Brentford and then Wolves \u2013 where they surrendered a two-goal lead \u2013 prompted questions about Arsenal\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

\"\"(PA Wire)<\/p>\n

Will Castle19 May 2026 22:10<\/p>\n

<\/a>Declan Rice reacts to Arsenal title win<\/p>\n

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