20 years on from Arsenal Invincibles' title party at Spurs - 'No champagne, just water'

David Sneyd PATRICK VIEIRA STRIPPED down to a pair of black pants, bearing a tribal tattoo across the width of his midriff, and danced his way towards the delirious Arsenal supporters in the away section at White Hart Lane.

Thierry Henry and Robert Pires danced around an inflatable Premier League trophy. So too Ashley Cole, while Sol Campbell was draped in a ‘CHAMPIONS’ flag for the second time in three seasons having defected from Spurs in 2001. Manchester City’s victory over Nottingham Forest last night saw them climb back to the top of the table with a two-point lead.

“So much tension builds up during the season that when you do win it feels like a relief. I didn’t jump up at the end because I knew the championship was won before the game.”Chelsea were Arsenal’s nearest rivals at the top but they were preparing to usher in a new era once manager Claudio Ranieri departed and new Russian billionaire owner Roman Abramovich could install his own man at the end of his first season.

Liverpool CEO Rick Parry was emphatic, “the story is not true”, and it seemed to be an afterthought in the story below that Arsenal were on the brink of a third title under Wenger.In the pages of the Irish Independent, too, there was a slightly bigger news story as the Republic of Ireland prepared to welcome back Roy Keane for the first time since the fallout from Saipan at the 2002 World Cup.

There was an even bigger one to Man City, whose boss Kevin Keegan was accepting responsibility for their battle to avoid the drop along with Everton, Leicester City, Leeds United and Wolverhampton Wanderers.

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