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We asked for your thoughts and feelings after Arsenal clinched the Premier League title for the first time in 22 years.

Here are some of your comments:

Paul: Absolutely ecstatic. This is a great day. Heroes after a brilliant season.

Maia: I can barely believe this has happened. I am crying with happiness. I am too young to have experienced the last time we won. Cheers to everyone who has made this dream happen.

Jeff: CHAMPIONS! 22 years in the waiting. All the heartbreak makes this all worth the wait.

Adrian: Can't quite believe it, but also unbelievably happy for such a wonderful bunch of players and such a great manager.

David: Great to have won the Premier League. Just two more important tasks left for an incredible season... lifting the Champions League and seeing Tottenham relegated.

Darren: Come on you Gunners! Wow, what a season. Fantastic achievement. I am so happy and currently bouncing around my kitchen listening to BBC Radio 5 Live.

Elaine: Just pure joy. They put us through hell at times, but I never doubted it was our time!

Lesley: Ecstatic yet distraught. My elder brother (a lifelong Gooner) passed away unexpectedly in December, just after Christmas. This is what we have both dreamed of for 22 years and he is not here to celebrate with me. I punched the air and then cried. RIP, bro, this one's for you.

Areon: 22 years of waiting is over. Sometimes it's hard being an Arsenal fan, but years and years of being the bridesmaid never the bride is finally over. Come on!

Owen: Immeasurable relief. The past few weeks have been horrendous at times - the home defeat by Bournemouth, the narrow loss to Manchester City away - the nervy, nervy performance against Burnley. I'm so relieved. I have to remember to enjoy the moment too.

Iain: Strange to win without kicking a ball so it hasn't sunk in. I'm just looking forward to seeing the team play on Sunday with a weight lifted... and a Champions League final to look forward to.

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It is no surprise that Arsenal are all over Wednesday's newspaper back pages after winning the 2025-26 Premier League title.

Manchester City's draw at Bournemouth meant it was 'party time' for the Gunners, who can now enjoy the final game of the season with the league wrapped up.

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If you were wondering where the Arsenal players watched the Vitality Stadium action unfold then it was together at their training ground.

Pictures have been released of their title celebrations, that include a cardboard cut-out of the Premier League trophy.

They'll get their hands on the real thing at Selhurst Park on Sunday.

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There is no "panic on the streets of London", but there was a party going on around Emirates Stadium.

Plenty of Gunners - including club legend Ian Wright - were out celebrating their Premier League title win.

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Arsenal are the 2025-26 Premier League champions!

Manchester City's 1-1 draw at Bournemouth means the Gunners have won their first league title since 2004.

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Arsenal may be within one victory of lifting their first Premier League title in 22 years - but midfielder Declan Rice has stressed that the Gunners "haven't won it yet".

Mikel Arteta's men edged out already-relegated Burnley on Monday in a nervy ending at Emirates Stadium, meaning Rice and his team-mates are close to achieving what the Arsenal faithful have been desperate for after three second-place finishes in a row.

Arsenal will be champions if Manchester City fail to beat Bournemouth on Tuesday. If City win, a victory for the Gunners at Crystal Palace on Sunday will be enough to clinch the title.

England international Rice, speaking after Monday's win, said: "It is in our hands. We have turned it around. We have won every [league] game since we last lost [against City on 19 April] and that is all we tried to do, to keep winning and to stay positive.

"We knew on the inside that we had the belief and we could still win it. We haven't won it yet, there is still one to go. And Sunday [at Palace] is going to be proper.

"But it's emotional because where this club has come from over the last 10 years - the ups and downs. I wasn't here before, but I knew about it, I heard about it and to be a part of what is going on now is so special.

"This club deserves really good things and we have worked really hard towards that, so let's keep pushing."

Their latest victory in their final home game of the season was Arsenal's fourth Premier League win in a row without conceding.

Much of the praise for the Gunners' title challenge has been based on their solidity in defence.

"I don't know where this club would be without the back four and the goalkeeper," Rice said.

"It is stuff I have never seen before. The way they commit to training every day, the way they are available every week and what they give to fight for this club is extraordinary.

"They deserve everything, on top of what they have done for the last few seasons, for the work they are putting in for all of us."

Scarlet Katz Roberts
Fan writer

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It would be an oversimplification to say that Arsenal struggled over the line on Monday night.

It was a narrow victory, but Burnley created 0.23 xG and were limited to zero shots on target.

It wasn't as if Mikel Arteta kept the much-maligned handbrake on with his line-up. Starting with both Eberechi Eze and Martin Odegaard in midfield against a backdrop of Riccardo Calafiori, Leandro Trossard and Kai Havertz were choices that prioritised on-ball dynamism.

A team like that effectively says, you guys go forward, Declan Rice (with a little help from William Saliba and Gabriel) will take care of the rest.

And in the first half they did. Arsenal fulfilled pretty much all that was asked of them, apart from putting the ball in the net as frequently as we might have liked. Had Trossard's near-post drive after escaping the never-beaten Kyle Walker been centimetres to the right, Arsenal might've taken an earlier lead and done more damage.

But then came the second half, which lacked the clarity and aggression of the first. By all accounts, Havertz was lucky to escape a red card for his challenge on Lesley Ugochukwu, though I would point to Phil Foden's similar tackle on Calvin Bassey and praise the eternal consistency of the refereeing in the Premier League for keeping him on the pitch.

"One-nil to the Arsenal", then. In a game where the opposition offered little, Arsenal did enough and I contemplated telling my brother not to attempt resuscitation if the worst happened.

"If we are to be champions, this is how we will do it. Football at this stage of the season is as much about intangibles as it is anything else. We are two more 1-0s away from heaven."

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Alex Howell
Football reporter

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It seemed fitting that Arsenal have one hand on the Premier League trophy thanks to a 1-0 win - of their past four league matches, all victories, three have ended with that score - with the Gunners conceding just once in their past six.

They have conceded the fewest goals in the league (26), while the most recent time they conceded in open play came in their defeat by Manchester City on 19 April, which was seven games ago.

The clean sheet against Burnley was Arsenal's 32nd in all competitions this season.

"I thought that the amount of hair that I have is never going to go away but in this job it is going to test it to the limit," said Arteta.

"The desire that every single player shows in their defensive duties, their behaviours and the way that they work for each other is phenomenal.

"It's a lot of work put in by all the coaches as well. And we all know the importance of that and how many results and wins we have because of that."

It was their 13th 1-0 win of the season. Their playing style, their threat from and reliance on set-pieces, and the relative lack of bigger wins has brought criticism and anxious finishes in equal measure.

City will have a better goal difference if they win their final two matches, which does mean Arsenal will have to beat Crystal Palace. A draw, in that scenario, would not be enough.

"In a funny way, City might actually have taken that," ex-Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher said on Sky Sports.

"Seeing how [Arsenal] played that second half, I think the nerves will really kick in if City beat Bournemouth. Crystal Palace are a better team than Burnley, even with a few players out.

"Arsenal are going to do it in the fashion of George Graham rather than Arsene Wenger - '1-0 to the Arsenal' probably sums them up."

Former Manchester United defender Gary Neville added: "Arsenal are right on the brink but, my goodness, they don't half make it difficult for themselves.

"You have to admire their ability to concentrate and focus and keep to the defensive shape and principles. They keep clean sheets and that's a rare commodity in the modern game, for a team to see out 1-0 victories like this team can.

"I think it's going to be enough to see them home."

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Arsenal could be crowned Premier League champions on Tuesday, after grinding out a 1-0 win over already-relegated Burnley.

We asked for your views on the Gunners' performance as Mikel Arteta's side close in on claiming the club's first Premier League title for 22 years.

Here are some of your replies:

Peter: Another three points, but does Mikel Arteta want to win the league? It was a strange team selection again. Why are the flair players being restricted? I want to see him pick a positive side in the last game and I want to see us win in style.

Alun: An appalling performance. How we are on the brink of winning the Premier League is beyond me.

Banda: Not every title-winning performance looks glamorous. Sometimes it looks like grinding, patience, concentration and one decisive moment. Arsenal showed all of that against Burnley.

Phoenix: A laboured victory, but we will take the three points which brings us closer to the promised land. It is closer than ever now.

Chris: There is work to be done next season. We had lots of possession, but we had no cutting edge in front of goal once again. We need to be more direct, rather than tippy-tappy football sideways and backwards. We are also lacking creativity in midfield and we need a real centre-forward.

Alex Howell
Football reporter

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The only thing that mattered for Arsenal here was the result.

In beating Burnley, Arsenal have left Manchester City with no room for error now.

Before the match, the Arsenal fans held up a banner that said "three games to make history" - two remaining games in the Premier League, plus the Champions League final against Paris St-Germain in Budapest on 30 May.

As Arsenal have dealt with the title pressure in recent weeks, manager Arteta has said that he has been making some of his big selection decisions based on intuition.

He did that again for this game naming an attacking line-up that contained Kai Havertz, Martin Odegaard, Eberechi Eze and Bukayo Saka.

All of those players are comfortable in possession and alongside the marauding Riccardo Calafiori, Arsenal dominated possession and played like a team who know they are close to making history.

With one league game left and the positive feeling at an all-time high, Arsenal are surely set to end their wait for a major trophy - in what could be a historic season.

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta speaking to the BBC: "I'm really happy with the performance, with the result. In the first half, I think we played some of the best football that we have played this season. The margin should have been bigger but we haven't achieved that, and we have shown what we have shown all season that when we need to defend and get through the game we can do it in an efficient way.

"We were unlucky that we did not score the second or third goal. We faced a tough opponent. Look at the spirit that they had still today to try to get something out of the game. This league is so tough.

"I'm very happy tonight. We have done our job, what is in our hands. We have to wait and see what is going to happen tomorrow and then it's time to prepare for the Palace game.

"Burnley did it last week against Aston Villa, so we knew it was going to be the case. We had to maintain the high standards, the way we have been competing all season and we need to win one more game."

On Manchester City's game v Bournemouth tomorrow: "I will watch tomorrow. Tomorrow we start to prepare Palace and we will watch it for sure. One more to go."

On the Havertz challenge: "I haven't had a look at the challenge again. He said it wasn't but I don't know, I haven't seen it."

Did you know?

• Arsenal's Bukayo Saka became the second youngest player (24 years, 255 days) to reach both 50+ goals and 50+ assists in Premier League history (60 goals, 50 assists), behind only Wayne Rooney who was 24 years and 84 days when he did so.

• Kai Havertz has scored more Premier League goals against Burnley than any other opponent (five), while the Arsenal frontman has netted 32.6% of his overall goals in the competition against sides starting the day in the relegation zone (14/43).

• Arsenal have now won 25+ Premier League games in three of the last four seasons (26 in 2022-23, 28 in 2023-24, 25 in 2025-26), with Mikel Arteta achieving this feat as often as Arsene Wenger did (26 in 2001-02, 26 in 2003-04, 25 in 2004-05).

• Arsenal have kept 32 clean sheets this season, six more than any other side in Europe's big-five leagues in all competitions. Only in 1970-71 (37) and 1979-80 (33) have they had more in a single season.