Arsenal Boss Mikel Arteta Becomes Second Youngest Manager To Win PL After...

Arsenal put an end to their 22-year wait for a Premier League title after Man City’s 1-1 draw at Southampton left the Gunners mathematically out of reach of their closest challengers.

Gunners boss Mikel Arteta became the second youngest manager ever to win the PL title at 44 years and 54 days, only behind Jose Mourinho who did so at 42 years and 94 days.

In the aftermath of the result, an Arsenal supporter approached Bournemouth’s Junior Kroupi, whose goal for the Cherries against City ultimately played a crucial part in helping the Gunners secure the title.

Scenes of jubilation broke out as the Arsenal squad, gathered around a television to watch City’s trip to Bournemouth, discovered they had finally been crowned champions of England’s top division.

The Gunners have collected 82 points from 37 matches and hold a five-point advantage over City, with just one game remaining in the campaign.

Having finished runners-up in each of the previous three seasons, Arsenal have finally gone one step further, with Mikel Arteta’s side edging past a relentless Man City team led by Arteta’s former mentor, Pep Guardiola.

Guardiola also revealed he would leave the club after nine seasons in charge of the Manchester side. He had hoped to drag the title race to the final day, as he has so often done in pursuit of league leaders, but his farewell turned flat as City failed to beat Bournemouth in their penultimate fixture of the season.

This success ends Arsenal’s wait for a league title since 2004, when Arsene Wenger delivered the golden Premier League trophy by guiding his team through an unbeaten campaign. It is fitting that the man who has now realised this long-held dream for the Gunners, Arteta, spent the most significant period of his playing career under the charismatic Frenchman.

Arsenal will receive the traditional guard of honour for champions on the final day of the season, on 24 May at Selhurst Park, where Oliver Glasner’s Crystal Palace will pay tribute to the new winners of the world’s most followed league competition.