Arsenal have been confirmed as Premier League champions for the first time since 2004 after Manchester City failed to win at Bournemouth.

City needed to win their final two games and hope Arsenal lost their last match, but were held to a 1-1 draw on Tuesday.

The result ended Pep Guardiola's title challenge with one round remaining, leaving Arsenal with an unassailable four-point lead at the top, ending their 22-year wait.

Arsenal fans celebrated wildly outside the Emirates Stadium as news of the scoreline came through.

City threatened another twist when Erling Haaland scored in stoppage time to equalize Junior Kroupi's first-half strike, but it was too late to find a winner.

Mikel Arteta's players can now stand alongside club icons Thierry Henry, Dennis Bergkamp and Ian Wright. Arsenal's current squad could also win the Champions League for the first time in its history later this month.

Thoughts of the final against defending champion Paris Saint-Germain can be put on hold for now. This is a time for celebration and relief for Arteta after finishing runner-up three years running.

In back-to-back seasons in 2023 and 2024, he watched Guardiola's City chase down Arsenal's lead. Another chance was missed last year when coming second to Liverpool.

Arsenal led for most of this campaign and, despite seeing its points advantage ebb away during a gripping run-in, finally got over the line after a decades-long wait. The club's last title was the so-called 'Invincibles' team of 2004, which went an entire season unbeaten.

Source: www.aljazeera.com