{"id":1430,"date":"2026-05-20T11:52:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T11:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/esport.com.ng\/?p=1430"},"modified":"2026-05-20T11:52:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T11:52:32","slug":"arteta-gives-first-words-after-gunners-are-crowned-champions-as-wenger-sends-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/?p=1430","title":{"rendered":"Arteta gives first words after Gunners are crowned champions as Wenger sends message"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta sent a message to Gunners supporters after the club ended their long wait to win a Premier League title on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Arteta\u2019s side were crowned champions on Tuesday evening after second-placed Manchester City were held to a 1-1 draw by Bournemouth.<\/p>\n<p>It meant that <strong>Arsenal<\/strong> have an unassailable lead of four points heading into the final Premier League match of the season over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The Gunners last won a Premier League title in the 2003\/04 season when Arsene Wenger\u2019s side went the whole league campaign unbeaten and were named the \u2018Invincibles\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Following confirmation of their Premier League title triumph, Arsenal released a video of Arteta, who had a message for the Gunners support.<\/p>\n<p>Arteta said: \u201cWe made history again, together. I cannot be happier, prouder for everybody that is involved in this football club. Let\u2019s enjoy the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ: Arsenal are Premier League champions as history made and \u2018process\u2019 trusted in most fitting way<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pep Guardiola, whose Man City side won the FA Cup over the weekend, congratulated Arteta and Arsenal on their title triumph after their draw at Bournemouth handed the Gunners confirmation of their victory.<\/p>\n<p>Guardiola told reporters: \u201cCongratulate Arsenal, Mikel, staff, backroom staff, fans for this Premier League, well deserved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the same time, for my manager career, one of the years that we fought the most with incredible things that we could not control and we were there, never give up, give up.<\/p>\n<p><smartframe-embed customer-id=\"598d587f82f0613dc60f89d2daf94a61\" image-id=\"brfcWf4pfM9w\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 100%;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would have loved to arrive in the last moment, you know, to try. Of course, it wasn\u2019t in our hands, but yeah, today the fatigue was there.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>This belongs to all of us. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7cUNDp2KR5\">pic.twitter.com\/7cUNDp2KR5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arsenal (@Arsenal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Arsenal\/status\/2056836660826874014?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2><strong>Arsene Wenger: This is your time<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Wenger, who was the mastermind behind their previous three Premier League titles, had a message for the current Arsenal squad and Arteta after their first title in 22 years.<\/p>\n<p>While raising a glass of red wine, Wenger said: \u201cYou did it. Champions go on when others stop. This is your time. Now, go on and enjoy every moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ: Did Arsenal have a \u2018defining moment\u2019 in their Premier League title win?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Arsenal legend Alan Smith praised the \u201coverall unit\u201d Arteta has built at the Emirates Stadium this season as he reacted to their Premier League title win.<\/p>\n<p>Smith, who was on co-commentary for <em>Sky Sports<\/em> as Man City couldn\u2019t beat Bournemouth, said: \u201cBrilliant! It\u2019s fully deserved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArsenal have had the best defence \u2013 they haven\u2019t had the best attack \u2013 but as an overall unit Mikel Arteta has done incredibly well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith added:\u00a0\u201cYou have to have nervy moments when you haven\u2019t won it for that long and Arsenal did have them. But hopefully now they can play with freedom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt almost feels that the Champions League final is a free hit now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ: Arsenal bottle their way to the Premier League title, so where\u2019s Stewie?! \u2013 a Mailbox special<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>\n        !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n        {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n        n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n        if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n        n.queue=();t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n        t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)(0);\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n        'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n        fbq('init', '1399787394855675');\n        fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    <\/script><script>\n        !function(e,n,t){var o=e.getElementsByTagName(n)(0);e.getElementById\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta sent a message to Gunners supporters after the club ended their long wait to win a Premier League title on Tuesday [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}