Arsenal players were photographed outside Emirates Stadium at 5 AM BST after being crowned Premier League champions for the first time in 22 years, as their celebrations continued.

Celebrations in the Early Hours

Eberechi Eze posted pictures on Instagram in the early hours of Wednesday, standing outside the stadium in north London alongside team-mates Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka, and Jurrien Timber. Dutch defender Timber shared a video alongside Saka standing by a blacked-out Premier League trophy that was designed to light up once the team won.

"Light that up," Saka says.

"Let me tell you something. Twenty-two years, 22 years. There was laughing, there was joking, they're not laughing any more. Look, it is going to be shining, it is going to be shining bright."

In another video posted by Saka, 19-year-old defender Myles Lewis-Skelly is seen holding a champagne bottle.

"They called us bottlers," said academy graduate Lewis-Skelly. "And now we're holding the bottle."

Fan and Club Reactions

Eze's Instagram post also included a picture of an Arsenal-branded bottle in another reference to criticism the team has received for finishing second in the league for three consecutive seasons. An Instagram story post also showed captain Martin Odegaard with a bottle in his mouth.

Arsenal's record goalscorer Thierry Henry wrote on Instagram: "Special thanks to this generation - finally now my kids saw us winning the league".

The club will hold a trophy parade around Islington on Sunday, May 31, at 14:00 BST, the day after they face holders Paris St-Germain in the Champions League final in Budapest.

On Tuesday night, fans gathered outside the stadium and nearby pubs while rivals Manchester City played Bournemouth, needing a win to keep the title race alive. In the end, Pep Guardiola's side could only draw - confirming Arsenal as champions for the first time in 22 years.

Arsenal legend Ian Wright, who scored 185 times for the club and won the title in 1998, was mobbed by fans as he celebrated outside the Emirates. There were celebrations also at the Gunners' training ground, where the Arsenal squad had gathered for the evening and greeted the final whistle with huge celebrations. Players and staff danced and hugged while chanting: "Campeones, Campeones, Ole Ole Ole!"

Last month, Arsenal captain Declan Rice was seen insisting "it's not done" after the Gunners lost to Manchester City. But on Tuesday, with the title race decided, he posted a picture on social media of players celebrating, captioned: "It's done."

The title win came in Mikel Arteta's seventh year in charge, and underlined just what can be achieved if a manager is given time.

"Mikel Arteta's been there a long period of time. The best gift you can give a good manager is time," former Premier League goalkeeper Paul Robinson told BBC Radio 5 Live. "Yes you can give them hundreds of millions of pounds but you have to mould that money into a team, into a dressing room, a winning side. You give a good manager time? There's the proof."