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  Hundreds of thousands of Arsenal fans from far and wide lined the streets of north London on Sunday chanting and lighting red flares as they celebrated their club's first Premier League title in 22 years. The players celebrated in an open-top bus along with the gleaming ‌Premier League trophy that the club had finally got their hands on after Arsene Wenger's 'Invincibles' last won it in the 2003-04 season. Arsenal had clinched the Premier League title prior to the final game of the season when they had an unassailable lead over second-placed Manchester City, who eventually finished seven points behind Mikel Arteta's side. It was Arsenal's first trophy since Arteta won the FA Cup in his debut season ⁠as manager in 2020 as a dream was finally fulfilled for the club after finishing second three years in a row prior to this season. Even Saturday's Champions League final loss to Paris St Germain on penalties in Budapest could not dampen the enthusiasm of the fa...

    Chelsea have been fined £150,000 following an incident at the end of their Premier League match against Aston Villa in December, raising questions about behaviour and accountability inside the club during what has been, by the Blues’ standard, a turbulent period on and off the pitch. The fine relates to a plastic water bottle thrown towards Villa’s technical area after the final whistle of the Villains’ 2-1 comeback victory at Stamford Bridge. Two late goals from Ollie Watkins triggered wild celebrations from the away bench, after which an unidentified member of Chelsea’s staff hurled the bottle in their direction. Chelsea accepted a Football Association misconduct charge for breaching FA Rule E20.1, after the club “failed to ensure its players and/or other relevant personnel around the technical area did not behave in an improper and/or provocative and/or abusive way after the final whistle”. An independent FA regulatory commission imposed the sanction followi...