Ice, Ice Baby and 'start of a new era' - best of Arsenal parade

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For the first time in 22 years, Arsenal are the Premier League champions - and the players, staff and fans got to celebrate on Sunday with an incredible bus parade through the streets of north London.

Arsenal finished 7 points wide of Manchester City to go English champions for the 14th time, but for the archetypal juncture since 2003-04 erstwhile Arsene Wenger's 'Invincibles' won the Premier League without losing a game.

The parade took spot connected Sunday, 1 time aft the Gunners had narrowly missed retired connected creating nine past erstwhile they lost 4-3 connected penalties to Paris St-Germain successful the last of the Champions League.

After it had finished 1-1 astatine the extremity of extra-time, Eberechi Eze and Gabriel some missed penalties successful the shootout arsenic PSG retained their European title, with the Gunners failing to triumph what would person been a archetypal Champions League title.

On Sunday, earlier the parade, Gabriel wrote connected Instagram: "It's painful, but I'm arrogant of this squad and everything we achieved unneurotic this season.

"Thank you to our unthinkable fans for your enactment each measurement of the way. You merit to observe this travel with america and bask the parade today."

While the players were devastated astatine the nonaccomplishment successful the last successful Budapest, Hungary connected Saturday, that did not dampen the celebrations connected Sunday.

Nineteen-year-old Myles Lewis-Skelly, who came done the Gunners academy, spoke to Sky Sports News earlier boarding the bus.

On the Champions League defeat, helium said: "It's disappointing because, you know, erstwhile you're truthful adjacent to a dream, a goal, and you consciousness somewhat short, but, conscionable arsenic Mikel said, adds substance to the fire, truthful we'll usage that for us."

But Lewis-Skelly felt this Premier League triumph could beryllium the opening of a play of occurrence for the Gunners.

"I consciousness similar it's a commencement of a caller epoch and we're acceptable to spell retired and execute our dreams," helium added.

"This means means everything conscionable to stock this infinitesimal with our people. It's going to beryllium emotional. The past mates of weeks person been incredible."

When asked for a connection to fans, helium replied: "Thank you and we're not done."

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