Mikel Arteta named Premier League Manager of the Year after guiding Arsenal to title

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Mikel Arteta has been named the Premier League Manager of the Year after guiding Arsenal to their first title in 22 years as they now turn their attention to Saturday's UEFA Champions League final.

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The Spaniard, who joined the Gunners in December 2019, finally got his team over the line after three successive second-place finishes.

The north London side found themselves in yet another title race with Manchester City, but eventually finished seven points clear of Pep Guardiola's side.

Arsenal won the most matches of any team (26), lost the fewest number of games (5), conceded the fewest number of goals (27) and kept the most clean sheets (19).

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Their 71 goals scored were only bettered by City, who found the back of the net 77 times this term.

Arteta is the first manager to win the Premier League with a team he has played for in the competition, following the former midfielder's five-year spell at the Emirates between 2011 and 2016.

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The 44-year-old becomes the second Arsenal boss to win the award after Arsene Wenger, who picked up the prize following his three title-winning campaigns in 1998, 2002, and 2004.

The latter was the year of Arsenal's 'Invincibles', their last title-winning side before Arteta's current crop.

The Spaniard is the second-youngest recipient of the award, with Jose Mourinho winning it in 2005 and 2006, aged 42 and 43, respectively.

The winner of the award is decided after public votes are combined with those from a panel of football experts.

Guardiola was also shortlisted, along with Manchester United's Michael Carrick, Bournemouth's departing Andoni Iraola, Brentford's Keith Andrews and Sunderland's Regis Le Bris.

Arteta will now becoming the longest-serving manager in the league following the departure of Guardiola, for whom the Arsenal boss worked as an assistant at City between 2016 and 2019.

Speaking after Arsenal lifted the Premier League trophy on Sunday, he admitted to previously having doubts over whether he was the man to take them to the title after their shortcomings in recent seasons.

”It was understanding that I was able to take them this far, but maybe someone else has to come and do the final job," he told Sky Sports.

”But thank god we have done it. I feel a lot of joy and, honestly, a little bit of relief."

Arteta will now look to guide Arsenal to an historic double as they take on Paris Saint-Germain in the UEFA Champions League final on Saturday.

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