Arsenal celebrated their first Premier League title since 2004 with a comfortable victory over Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park. Mikel Arteta watched as owner Stan Kroenke attended a rare match in person. Max Dowman became the youngest player to start a Premier League game at 16 years and 144 days. Goals from Gabriel Jesus and Noni Madueke secured the win, while Jean-Philippe Mateta scored a late consolation and Yeremy Pino’s late equaliser was ruled out for offside. After Oliver Glasner completed a lap of honour, attention turned to Arsenal’s next weekend Champions League showpiece against Paris Saint-Germain. Crystal Palace faced concerns over Adam Wharton limping off ahead of the Conference League final against Rayo Vallecano, and the club reported identifying over 35,000 ticket-buying bots.
"Arsenal celebrated being crowned champions for the first time since 2004 by recording a comfortable victory over a Crystal Palace side who also have a European final on their minds. With owner Stan Kroenke watching on from the stands on a rare visit to see his team in the flesh, Mikel Arteta savoured the moment. Max Dowman became the youngest player ever to start a Premier League game at the age of 16 years and 144 days and played his part, as goals from Gabriel Jesus and Noni Madueke rounded off a memorable campaign."
"But as they waited to be presented with the Premier League trophy at a sultry Selhurst Park after Oliver Glasner completed his own lap of honour following his last home match in charge of Palace, attention will switch very quickly to the daunting prospect of facing Paris Saint-Germain in next weekend's Champions League showpiece. Palace - who scored a late consolation through Jean-Philippe Mateta and saw a late equaliser from Yeremy Pino ruled out for offside - will be concerned to see Adam Wharton limp off ahead of their meeting with Spanish side Rayo Vallecano in Leipzig in what should be an emotional farewell for Glasner."
"Palace revealed this week that it had identified more than 35,000 bots attempting to buy tickets in the home sections of the ground and asked fans to report any Arsenal supporters transgressing. Yet other than a handful who sneaked in wearing hi-vis jackets before being ejected by security, everything passed off peacefully in the end. Gabriel Jesus has now won as many Premier Leagues as Wayne Rooney, but injuries have limited him to cameo contributions in this, his fifth title."
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