{"id":3381,"date":"2026-05-20T12:03:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T12:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=3381"},"modified":"2026-05-20T12:03:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T12:03:19","slug":"arsenal-crowned-premier-league-champions-as-man-city-draw-at-bournemouth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=3381","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal crowned Premier League champions as Man City draw at Bournemouth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Arsenal are confirmed Premier League champions for the first time since 2004 as Manchester City fail to win at Bournemouth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>City needed to win their final two games, as well as hope Arsenal failed to win their final match, but were held to a 1-1 draw on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Asake - Organise (Official Video)\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_u4_iWCvZ5c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The result put an end to Pep Guardiola\u2019s title challenge with one round of the season to go as the draw left Arsenal with an unassailable four-point lead at the top, ending their 22-year wait for the title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arsenal fans celebrated wildly outside its Emirates Stadium as news of the score line came through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>City threatened another twist when Erling Haaland scored in stoppage time to equalise Junior Kroupi\u2019s first-half strike, but it was too late to find a winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mikel Arteta\u2019s players can now stand alongside club icons Thierry Henry, Dennis Bergkamp and Ian Wright, who previously led the club to the summit of English football. And Arsenal\u2019s current class could yet break new ground by winning the Champions League for the first time in its history later this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thoughts of this month\u2019s final against defending champion Paris Saint-Germain can be put on the back burner, for now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now is a time for celebration and relief for Arteta after finishing runner-up in the league three years running.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In back-to-back seasons in 2023 and \u201924, he watched as Guardiola\u2019s City chased down Arsenal\u2019s lead to be crowned champion. And another chance was missed last year when coming second to Liverpool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once again, Arsenal has led the way for most of this campaign, and despite seeing its points advantage ebb away during a gripping run-in, it has finally managed to get over the line after a decades-long wait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arsenal\u2019s last champion was the so-called \u201cInvincibles\u201d team of 2004, which went an entire campaign without losing in the league. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/sports\/2026\/5\/19\/arsenal-crowned-premier-league-winners-as-man-city-lose-at-bournemouth\">(AlJazeera)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal are confirmed Premier League champions for the first time since 2004 as Manchester City fail to win at Bournemouth. City needed to win their final two games, as well as hope Arsenal failed to win their final match, but were held to a 1-1 draw on Tuesday. 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