For the first time since 2004, Arsenal can celebrate a Premier League title again. After sitting in the driver's seat at the top of the table for almost the entire season, the long-awaited league title was secured in Bournemouth on Tuesday night - a football drama that all "Gunners" could follow in front of the TV.
Arsenal had already done their part on Monday night. A 1-0 home win against Burnley then put real pressure on chasing Manchester City, who were desperate to win away against Bournemouth.
But City, the newly crowned FA Cup champions and amid reports that manager Pep Guardiola will soon leave the club after a decade, had a tough time against the sixth-placed side who were still in the running for a Champions League place at kick-off. Junior Kroupi took Arsenal closer to the title when he finished off a fine attack for Bournemouth by slotting home past Gianluigi Donnarumma to make it 1-0.
Haaland equalized
There was cheering in the stands in Bournemouth - and among red and white fans in the pubs in London.
Manchester City needed two second-half goals to keep the title race alive until Sunday, but it took until the end of extra time for Erling Braut Haaland to make it 1-1.
It was too late. And for the first time in the Guardiola era, City missed out on the league title two years in a row.
Instead, fellow Spanish coach Mikel Arteta, former assistant to Guardiola at Manchester City, can celebrate his first league title after seven years at Arsenal.
Heading into the final round, Arsenal have 82 points, Manchester City 78. Of Arsenal's 69 league goals, Viktor Gyökeres has scored the most, 14. The blue-yellow striker, who left Sporting Lisbon last summer, becomes the first Swede since 2007 to contribute to a Premier League title.
Ljungberg won twice
Henrik Larsson then spent two winter months in Manchester United's championship team, but he was only there on loan and did not receive a medal for his short stay at Old Trafford.
Before that, it was Fredrik Ljungberg who was most involved when Arsenal won the league twice in a short time, in 2002 and 2004.
This year's edition of Arsenal can also succeed in what Ljungberg & Co never managed.
In eleven days, the Champions League final against Paris Saint-Germain awaits in Budapest. A chance to take home the title that Arsenal has never won - and if so, make this year's season the most successful and memorable in the club's 140-year history.
2025/26: Arsenal.
2024/25: Liverpool.
2023/24: Manchester City.
2022/23: Manchester City.
2021/22: Manchester City.
2020/21: Manchester City.
2019/20: Liverpool.
2018/19: Manchester City.
2017/18: Manchester City.
2016/17: Chelsea.
