Do Arsenal have to give a guard of honour to Liverpool? Premier League rules explained as champions confirmed

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Arsenal’s Premier League title challenge is officially over as Liverpool have confirmed themselves as champions for the 2024/25 season.

The Reds have led much of the campaign with the Gunners playing catch-up, with the challenges of a busy season taking its toll.

Liverpool ended up sealing the Premier League title in style, thrashing Tottenham at Anfield to seal the league on 80 points.

For Arsenal and Mikel Arteta, it’s a third season in a row where they have missed out on sealing the title and look set to finish second again.

With the north London outfit’s fate officially sealed, there is still a meeting with Liverpool that is set to sting a little bit, while questions remain over a possible guard of honour.

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Do Arsenal have to give a guard of honour to Liverpool?

Arsenal will travel to Anfield on Sunday, May 11, for a Premier League clash with Liverpool that may simply have bragging rights on the cards.

With the Reds already wrapping up the title, teams around the country may form a guard of honour, with the squad lining up to welcome out the newly crowned champions before the match.

Arsenal could be one of those teams to give a guard of honour to Liverpool, but the rules state differently.

As it stands, nowhere in the Premier League rules does it state that it’s compulsory for a team to give the new champions a guard of honour.

It means that Mikel Arteta and his Arsenal side don’t have to acknowledge their defeat in the title race next month.

However, his old boss, Arsene Wenger, has shown what his stance on the situation was back in 2013.

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Arsene Wenger gave guard of honour for Manchester United with Arsenal

Arsenal’s clashes with Manchester United were some of the fiercest seen in the Premier League, but at the basis of it was still a sense of respect.

That much was shown when the Gunners gave a guard of honour to their rivals in 2013, with Wenger making the decision to go ahead with it.

“I want the traditions of English football to be respected,” the Frenchman said when talking about the call to give a guard of honour.

Sir Alex Ferguson added on the situation: “I am glad Arsene has done that. That is what great clubs should do.”

Not only is it something that Arsenal could repeat once again, but it could light the fire in the players to make sure they are the ones receiving a guard of honour next year and not the other way around.