Arteta ‘built a fire’ instead of watching Arsenal’s Premier League crowning

Key points

• Arsenal will lift the Premier League trophy for the first time since 2004 after Sunday’s match at Crystal Palace.
• Anxious Arsenal fans around the world were glued to their screens when Manchester City’s draw at Bournemouth crowned the North London club as Premier ⁠League champions – but Mikel ⁠Arteta, who led Arsenal to their first league title in 22 years, was not watching.
• The manager had planned to be at Arsenal’s training centre in London Colney to watch the game with ⁠his players, but could not find the energy to make the trip, and chose to stay at home.
• “I went outside to the garden, I started to build some fire.
• I started to do some barbecue, I didn’t watch any ⁠of it,” Arteta told reporters on Thursday.