Champions! Arsenal win Premier League title, end 22-year drought

Bukayo Saka and Gabriel celebrate winning the league (Pic: Arsenal)

Arsenal were crowned Premier League champions for the first time in 22 years after a 1-1 draw between Bournemouth and Manchester City. This marked the Gunners' 14th English league title overall, and their first under manager Mikel Arteta.

The last time the Gunners clinched a Premier League title was in the 2003/04 season, when they won under manager Arsene Wenger with Patrick Vieira as captain.

After three consecutive runner-up finishes, including the 2023-2024 season, in which Manchester City defeated Arsenal by just two points, Martin Odegaard's team has finally won the Premier League.

Arsenal have now secured four Premier League titles, moving two ahead of Liverpool and just one behind Chelsea. Manchester United remain the competition's most successful side with 13 Premier League wins, while Manchester City have won eight. The only other clubs to lift the trophy are Blackburn Rovers and Leicester City, each with one title.

Looking at the overall history of England's top flight, Arsenal's latest triumph takes their total league titles to 14, leaving them behind only Liverpool and Manchester United, who have both been crowned champions 20 times.

Manchester City's 1-1 draw left them four points behind the league leaders, meaning they can no longer catch Arsenal on the final day of the Premier League season.

Arteta becomes the third-youngest manager to win Premier League

Arteta is the third-youngest manager to win the Premier League at 44 years and 54 days. Jose Mourinho, who won the title with Chelsea in 2004-05 at 42 years and 94 days and again in 2005-06 at 43 years and 93 days, is the only manager younger than Arteta to have done so.

The Spaniard has also become the youngest manager in Arsenal history to win the league title, surpassing George Graham, who was 124 days older when he led the club to glory in the 1988/89 season.

Arteta, who took charge of the Gunners in 2019, has also become the first former Arsenal skipper to lead the team to a top-flight championship as a manager. Focus will now shift to the UEFA Champions League final against PSG on May 30.

(With ANI inputs)