How Arsenal won the Premier League: The path from a Week 1 escape to a Week 37 crown
Arsenal are Premier League champions for the first time in 22 years as Mikel Arteta's Gunners claimed their honor with a week to spare on the 38-match docket. The season's journey is going to look a lot more straightforward than it was, as Arsenal climbed into first place by Week 7 but found themselves outside the throne room for brief moments along the way. MORE — Arsenal trophy history | Every PL champion in history In fact, next time someone says, "Champions don't (insert disappointment here)" keep in mind that the Gunners overcame the following flubs this season: A three-match winless run in January including a scoreless draw at Nottingham Forest A draw at 20th-place Wolverhampton Wanderers in February Back-to-back losses over the season's final seven games A 1W-1D-4L record across all competitions from March into April.
Taking just one of six points from second-place Manchester City Yes, Mikel Arteta's side proved resilient and may still make it a double with the Champions League Final coming up at the end of the month versus Paris Saint-Germain in Hungary. Here's Arsenal's journey to the title. Arsenal’s 2025-26 Premier League season: The path to league title No.
14 Matchweek 1 Sunday 17 August Manchester United 0-1 Arsenal — Recap, video highlights The Gunners were out-played at Old Trafford but found a way to win, fittingly from a set piece as United goalkeeper Altay Bayindir makes a mess of a corner kick and Riccardo Calafiori nods home. Clean sheet No. 1 makes the first-half goal hold up for three points.
Matchweek 2 Saturday 23 August Arsenal 5-0 Leeds United — Recap, video highlights This was more like it from the Gunners, who had two goals and an assist from Jurrien Timber and another strong showing from two-assist Calafiori. But there were clouds in the coffee as Martin Odegaard and Bukayo Saka both suffered injuries. Matchweek 3 Sunday 31 August Liverpool 1-0 Arsenal — Recap, video highlights Playing withou Saka, Kai Havertz, and William Saliba while only being able to bring Odegaard off the bench, Arsenal had a strong first half but couldn't produce goals.
Their ambition to go forward was questioned after this game as Dominik Szoboszlai's free kick was enough to condemn them to a first loss of the PL season. Matchweek 4 Saturday 13 September Arsenal 3-0 Nottingham Forest — Recap, video highlights Martin Zubimendi scored on both sides of Viktor Gyokeres as the Gunners collected a comfortable win that came with the discomfort of a shoulder injury to Odegaard. Matchweek 5 Sunday 21 September Arsenal 1-1 Manchester City — Recap, video highlights The Gunners started their Champions League run with a 2-0 win at Athletic Bilbao and all eyes moved to this clash of title hopefuls.
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