Arsenal start new PL season against Coventry
Key takeaways
- Mikel Arteta's team ended the club's 22-year wait for the league title as they held off Manchester City's challenge to lift the Premier League trophy on the final day of last season at Selhurst Park.
- Arsenal face Aston Villa on the second match week of the new campaign before hosting Chelsea in north London the following week.
- The Gunners don't face City until the end of November this time around.
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Mikel Arteta's team ended the club's 22-year wait for the league title as they held off Manchester City's challenge to lift the Premier League trophy on the final day of last season at Selhurst Park. They kick off the new campaign on Friday, Aug. 21.
Arsenal face Aston Villa on the second match week of the new campaign before hosting Chelsea in north London the following week. The potentially tricky opening weeks of the new season will perhaps have Arsenal supporters thinking of last year when their team were faced with trips to Old Trafford, Anfield and St James' Park, as well as an early showdown with City, before the end of September.
The Gunners don't face City until the end of November this time around. In a break from the norm, Arsenal travel to face Tottenham in the first north London derby of the season at the beginning of December, before hosting their archrivals on May 1.