Bournemouth 1-1 Man City: Premier League – as it happened

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As City failed to beat Bournemouth, Arsenal were confirmed champions, with a game to go.

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The Premier League 2025-26 season now rolls over to the final round of fixtures.

Arsenal will be crowned champions after their match against Crystal Palace on May 24, while Man City will end their campaign with a home game against Aston Villa.

All games on Sunday are scheduled to kick off at 4pm BST (15:00 GMT).

Tottenham have been beaten 2-1 at Chelsea, meaning their Premier League status remains in the balance.

Spurs entertain Everton on Sunday, the final day of the season, while the team one place and two points below them, West Ham, host Leeds.

Spurs have a far greater goal difference than the Hammers, so a draw will be enough to confirm top-flight football again next season.

Southampton have been expelled from the English Football League (EFL) Championship playoff final after admitting to spying on a training session of semifinal opponents Middlesbrough.

Middlesbrough have been reinstated as a result of Tuesday’s decision and are set to face Hull at Wembley on Saturday for a place in English football’s Premier League.

The match is regarded as the most lucrative in world football, given the winner is promoted to the Premier League – the richest club competition in the global game – and receives 200 million British pounds ($268m) in extra income.

Southampton will also be docked four points next season after admitting to multiple breaches of regulations related to the “unauthorised filming of other clubs’ training” sessions, according to a statement from the EFL.

“At the beginning of the season, you didn’t imagine it [qualifying for Europe],” Bournemouth boss Iraola told Sky Sports.

“It has been so nice, and we have a chance to fight for the Champions League in the last game, and we really deserve this, especially for the game we played so well. We have not won the game, but it does not matter.”

“We have a special group of players. They are consistent and always there. Right now, there is nothing about my future in my head; I just want to celebrate and push it. We have the Europa League next; let’s maximise our options. Can we take the last Champions League spot?

“I still don’t know where I will go, but I’m in no rush. Let’s finish on a high,” he added.

Despite recent reports suggesting his departure at the end of the season, Guardiola has said he has yet to decide on his managerial time at City.

“I can say I have one more year of contract and we [have] many years of winning,” Guardiola told Sky Sports.

“The first person who has to talk is the chairman.

“When we finish the season, we will talk and take a decision.”

“I’m the happiest man on the planet to be at this club. It is extraordinary.”

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Mikel Arteta has silenced his doubters by awakening the sleeping giant Arsenal, restoring the Gunners to the top of English football.

Twenty-two years on from Arsene Wenger’s “Invincibles”, Arsenal have finally got over the line to vindicate the Arteta project, which began with his appointment in 2019.

Arsenal gambled on their former club captain six-and-a-half years ago, even though he had no previous managerial experience.

But Arteta was blessed with arguably the best apprenticeship, working alongside his longtime mentor-turned-title-rival Pep Guardiola.

When Guardiola arrived at Manchester City a decade ago, he sought out Arteta’s experience of the English game and someone he knew from their playing days together at Barcelona.

“As a player and as a coach, he’s been an inspiration for me, and he’s the person who decided to bet on me, to include me as a second coach,” Arteta said of Guardiola last year.

“I’ll always be grateful to him; otherwise I wouldn’t be here.”

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Worth the wait.@Arsenal win their first title in 22 years. pic.twitter.com/yt2Ee0OKsF

— Premier League (@premierleague) May 19, 2026

The 1-1 draw with Man City means Bournemouth have confirmed European football for next season.

On 56 points, they have guaranteed themselves at least a seventh-place finish and a spot in the Europa League and still have an outside chance of reaching fifth place and its coveted entry into the UEFA Champions League

Currently, the Cherries are sixth with a game to go.

The next incredible chapter of this football club is written ❤️

We’ll be in Europe for the first time in our 127-year history next season 🌎

On to Sunday for one final push to find out which competition 💪 pic.twitter.com/BSNmpgTtGU

— AFC Bournemouth 🍒 (@afcbournemouth) May 19, 2026

With their Premier League victory confirmed, Arsenal are now bidding for a double this season.

Set to face PSG in the Champions League final on May 30, the Gunners will complete a fantastic double if they beat the Parisian club.

The trophy ceremony will take place after Sunday’s final round of fixtures.

Arsenal will be presented with the trophy at Selhurst Park at the end of their match with Crystal Palace.

All games that day are scheduled for a 15:00 GMT kickoff.

Click here to read our full report following City’s draw at Bournemouth.

The Gunners last won the Premier League in 2003-04 when Arsene Wenger’s side went the whole league season unbeaten, registering 26 wins and 12 draws.

The class of 2003-04 is famously known as the “Invincibles”.

Hundreds of Arsenal fans, decked in the club’s jerseys, have made their way to Emirates Stadium to celebrate the news of their title victory.

They have waited more than two decades for this moment; safe to say, the party will go on long tonight in North London!

22 – Arsenal have won their first league title in 22 years, ending their longest wait for the trophy since their first triumph in 1931. Champions. pic.twitter.com/nV1uaqUJ6N

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) May 19, 2026

Manchester City’s Premier League title dreams were ⁠snuffed out ⁠on the south coast on Tuesday with a heartbreaking 1-1 draw at Bournemouth that ⁠handed Arsenal an unassailable lead at the top, and their first league trophy after a 22-year ⁠wait.

Needing victory to keep alive the race ahead of Sunday’s season finale, City were undone by Eli Junior Kroupi’s brilliant first-half strike at Vitality Stadium, extinguishing ‌City’s hopes of a seventh league title for Pep Guardiola in what is expected to be his final season after a glittering decade as manager.

The draw left City on 78 points, four behind Arsenal. Bournemouth – unbeaten in 17 league ⁠games and sixth on 56 points – secured European qualification for the first time.

Kroupi fired Bournemouth in front in the 39th minute when Adrien Truffert was played through ⁠down the left and he picked out the 19-year-old Frenchman, who ⁠took a touch before unleashing a ⁠brilliant curving shot just inside the far post past Gianluigi Donnarumma, who was rooted to the spot.

City’s Erling Haaland pulled back ‌a goal deep in injury time, when Rodri’s shot bounced off the post and dropped to ‌the ‌Norwegian. But the final whistle sounded seconds later to seal City’s fate.