Bukayo Saka Responds to Past Taunts

England international Bukayo Saka hit back at Arsenal's critics, declaring, "they're not laughing at us anymore," as the club celebrated its first Premier League title in 22 years, DPA reported.

Arsenal players and staff gathered at their Colney training ground to watch rivals Manchester City draw 1-1 with Bournemouth, securing the Gunners their first title since 2004 and their 14th overall. City's draw at the Vitality Stadium on Tuesday sparked wild celebrations at Arsenal's training base, as well as outside the Emirates Stadium, where thousands of supporters congregated to mark the club's success, lighting fireworks and flares.

Ian Wright, who scored 185 goals for Arsenal and won the title in 1998, was mobbed by fans as he joined the festivities outside the club's stadium. Arsenal had been league runners-up for the previous three seasons but were close to another trophyless year after their 2-1 loss to Manchester City on April 19.

"Light that up," Saka said in a video posted by defender Jurrien Timber on his Instagram account. "Let me tell you something. Twenty-two years. There were laughs, there were jokes, they're not laughing anymore. Look, it's going to shine, it's going to shine bright," he added.

In an Instagram story, this time on Saka's channel, Myles Lewis-Skelly held a bottle of champagne. "They called us 'bottlers'," said Lewis-Skelly, who, like Saka, is a product of the club's Hale End academy. "And now we're holding the bottle."

Some of the players even took their celebrations to the Emirates, with Eberechi Eze posting a picture outside the stadium alongside Declan Rice, Timber, and Saka in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Eze's three Instagram slides also included a photo solely of an Arsenal-branded bottle, another jab at the club's critics.

Arteta's squad will receive the trophy after their final league match of the season against Crystal Palace on Sunday. The team still has a chance to achieve a historic double, pursuing their first Champions League title against Paris Saint-Germain in Budapest on May 30.