Arsenal are Premier League champions for the first time in 22 years. The player at the centre of the title-winning moment has a Yoruba name, parents from Nigeria, and a fiancée with Nigerian heritage. Last Tuesday night, north London erupted.

Manchester City drew 1-1 at Bournemouth. Erling Haaland equalised in stoppage time, but it was too late to force a winner. Arsenal's four-point lead became unassailable with one game to spare. It was confirmed not by Arsenal winning, but by City failing to.

The specific moment that set this up came on Monday night. Bukayo Saka delivered a corner, Kai Havertz rose highest, headed it home. Arsenal 1-0 Burnley. Saka's 50th league assist for the club in the process. Fourth in Arsenal's Premier League history to reach that milestone, after Fàbregas, Henry, and Bergkamp.

Bukayo Ayoyinka Temidayo Moses Saka. Born in Ealing, London. Parents Adenike and Yomi Saka, Yoruba Nigerians who emigrated as economic migrants. His fiancée Tolami Benson, a media strategist of Nigerian heritage, was on the Emirates pitch with him after the Burnley win. On Tuesday night, as the Bournemouth score came through, the dressing room scenes went viral. Declan Rice posted a photo and wrote "I told you all."

Twenty-two years. Three consecutive second-place finishes to City. A Champions League final still to come in Budapest on May 30 against PSG.

There's a specific thing diaspora Nigerians do when one of their own reaches a summit. They trace the journey backwards. Yomi and Adenike Saka left Nigeria and raised their son in Ealing. He joined Arsenal's academy at seven. He made his debut at 17. He's 24 now, a Premier League champion, and the assist that started the title-winning goal came from a corner he delivered into the box.

That's not a metaphor for anything. It's just a fact worth knowing on a Wednesday morning.

Arsenal still have one game left. Crystal Palace on Sunday. Then Budapest. The 22-year wait is over. The Yoruba kid from Ealing delivered the corner.