Arsenal clinched the Premier League title by drawing 2-2 with Tottenham at White Hart Lane on at the present time in 2004, they usually went on to finish the league marketing campaign unbeaten.
Champions with 4 video games left and historical past within the pipeline, the Gunners confirmed their place because the nation’s dominant pressure on the sweetest of venues for a title triumph, the house of their north London rivals.
Arsene Wenger’s facet might have allowed a two-goal lead slip, with Robbie Keane hanging a late equaliser from the penalty spot.
Thierry Henry and Patrick Vieira have a good time at White Hart Lane (Sean Dempsey/PA)
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Nevertheless, Newcastle’s victory towards Chelsea had already ensured {that a} level can be sufficient handy the title to Arsenal.
Seizing the lead after lower than three minutes by Patrick Vieira, Arsenal appeared out of attain after Robert Pires’ strike earlier than half-time.
Spurs mounted a second-half fightback, with Jamie Redknapp’s 61st-minute strike making a sport of it.
Arsene Wenger’s facet completed the season unbeaten (Sean Dempsey/PA)
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When Jens Lehmann was penalised for pushing Keane within the last minute, the Republic of Eire worldwide transformed the penalty to safe a priceless level for his struggling facet.
Nevertheless, the Gunners had been nonetheless champions and whereas Anfield 1989 was unimaginable in its drama and Previous Trafford 2002 first hinted at a shift within the energy base, White Hart Lane 2004 was not the tip of the story.
This mesmerising facet had been now simply 4 video games away from going by all the season unbeaten, and subsequent attracts with Birmingham and Portsmouth adopted by wins towards Fulham and Leicester duly noticed them topped the ‘Invincibles’.
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