Arsenal win first Premier League title in 22 years under Arteta
Manchester City's draw at Bournemouth handed Arsenal their fourth Premier League crown, but the bigger question is whether Arteta has built a lasting cycle.
Arsenal finally ended a 22-year wait for the Premier League crown, as Manchester City’s 1-1 draw at Bournemouth confirmed Mikel Arteta’s side as 2025/26 champions with one match left to play. It was Arsenal’s first league title since Arsene Wenger’s unbeaten 2003/04 team and their fourth Premier League title overall.
The scale of the breakthrough matters because it came after three straight seasons of finishing second. Arteta, who took charge in December 2019 after playing 110 league matches for Arsenal from 2011 to 2016, became the 13th manager to win the Premier League and the first to do it with a club he also represented as a player. That link between past and present gives Arsenal something many challengers lack: continuity at the top.
The title itself was built on control rather than chaos. Arsenal were crowned with a record of 25 wins, seven draws and only five defeats from 37 league matches, and their campaign was marked by a notably strong defensive record. That kind of platform is what turns a one-season surge into a possible run of dominance. It is also what separates a real contender from a team that simply catches fire at the right moment.
There are still hard questions beneath the celebration. Arsenal have stopped being the nearly-men of the past three seasons, but the test of whether this is a peak or the start of a cycle will depend on whether Arteta can keep the squad fresh, the standards high and the defensive edge intact while rivals regroup. Manchester City’s slip at Bournemouth opened the door, yet the title was earned across a full season, not by one result alone.
Arsenal were due to lift the trophy after their final match against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park, where the Premier League said the champions would receive the trophy, medals and the golden badge. For a club that went 22 years without the league’s top prize, the immediate story is relief. The bigger one is whether Arteta has now built the kind of structure that can turn one title into a pattern.
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