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 Arsenal have been crowned Premier League champions for the first time in 22 years after Manchester City failed to beat Bournemouth on Tuesday, May 19.   Man City needed to win to narrow the gap to Arsenal to just two points and take the race to the final day of the season on Sunday.   However, a 39th-minute goal from Bournemouth's Junior Kroupi put City behind, and Erling Haaland's stoppage-time equalizer came too late for Pep Guardiola's side to turn things around. Arsenal's final game of the campaign will be against Crystal Palace on Sunday.   It's the 14th English title for Arsenal, putting them behind only Liverpool and Manchester United at 20, and their first since 2003-04 when the "Invincibles" went unbeaten under Arsene Wenger. Arsenal have been runners-up in the league the past three seasons.   Mikel Arteta's team have also booked a place in the Champions League final against Paris Saint-Germain on May 30.

  Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk has blamed the wind for Bournemouth’s opening goal against the Reds in Saturday’s Premier League. In what was a nightmare encounter for Arne Slot’s Reds, Evanilson opened the scoring during the first half after Van Dijk failed to deal with a bouncing ball, and Alex Jimenez then doubled their lead seven minutes later. Liverpool managed to draw proceedings level through Van Dijk’s deft header on the stroke of the half-time whistle and then Dominik Szoboszlai’s cute free kick around the Bournemouth wall in the 80th minute. Amine Adli added the final touch to the thrilling five-goal match. Reacting after the game, the Dutch international told  Sky Sports  that the wind made it difficult for the players to control. “The first goal was a difficult one to judge during the circumstances, the wind was very tricky. “I think you saw it when we played long balls on that side it was very difficult to judge. So to concede that wasn’t an issue but it...