Arsenal clinch Premier League title for first time in 22 years as City held by Bournemouth
Sky Sports Premier League Podcast
Sky Sports
4.0 • 760 Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Kelly Cates is joined in the studio by Micah Richards and Jamie Redknapp as Arsenal clinch their first title in 22 years after Bournemouth hold Manchester City to a 1-1 draw. They react to Arsenal's season and look at what saw Mikel Arteta's side win the title. They also discuss the speculations regarding Pep Guardiola's future in the Premier League amid reports the Spaniard could leave at the end of the season and reflect on Spurs' loss to Chelsea.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Sky Sports Premier League podcast. There were two big games on Tuesday night, as Manchester City made the trip to Bournemouth and Chelsea faced spurs at Stamper Bridge. This is how we saw things at the end of the night. |
| 0:28.8 | It could have just kept it. |
| 0:36.9 | Arsenal are champions of England for the first time in 22 years. |
| 0:44.5 | The master usurped by the apprentice as Mikhail Arteta, |
| 0:50.7 | having learned from the shoulder of Pep Guardiola when he was on the coaching staff at City, |
| 0:54.1 | finally overtakes his former boss. Manchester City are devastated as they see their |
| 1:00.0 | title ambitions sink near the sands of Boscombe and Pef Claudiole. Anguished, but look at the scenes at the Emirates because they know now that they have finally done it. |
| 1:17.6 | Not the invincibles of 2002, but the endurables of 2026 because they've ridden through some setbacks, |
| 1:29.3 | including a defeat by Bournemouth. |
| 1:32.3 | But it is a goal by a Bournemouth player, Junior Croopie, |
| 1:36.3 | that ensures that without even playing tonight, |
| 1:39.3 | Arsenal are Premier League champions. |
| 1:42.3 | And as a former Arsenal player, Alan, what are you making it? |
| 1:46.0 | Well, absolutely delighted. |
| 1:47.0 | Huge congratulations to Michel Artetta and his players. |
| 1:52.0 | And the football club in general, it's been a long, long wait, deserving champions. |
| 1:58.0 | Manchester City did not have enough tonight, as it turns out during the season as a whole but well |
| 2:06.9 | Bournemouth monumental performance to deny pep guadioola but for Arsenal well brilliant season well done and all |
| 2:16.9 | lies now for them on the Champions League final. |
| 2:20.0 | Might it be a double? |
| 2:22.6 | Well, and let's not forget as well that Bournemouth are in European football next season, |
| 2:30.2 | in the Europa League at least, possibly even the Champions League. |
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