Arsenal loanee celebrates winning league title

The title represents the first league success of Kiwior’s senior career, and the second piece of silverware – after winning the FA Community Shield with Arsenal in 2023.

It wasn’t an entirely positive day for the defender though. After picking up a yellow card in the 38th minute and then getting very fortunate the referee missed a second yellow in the 44th, he was substituted at half-time.

A red card before the break could very easily have spoiled the party, but Kiwior got lucky, and it was all but forgotten by the full-time whistle.

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Porto will be very pleased to have wrestled the league title back from Sporting CP, who won it back-to-back during Viktor Gyokeres’ two seasons at the club.

They’ll be more disappointed with their performances in other competitions, having gone out of the Allianz Cup to Vitoria Guimaraes, suffered a 1-0 aggregate elimination from the Taca de Portugal by Sporting, and a 2-1 aggregate elimination from the Europa League by Nottingham Forest.

Reaching the semis of the foremost Portuguese domestic cup and the quarters of the Europa League, only to be eliminated by one goal in both cases, is certainly a shame for the team. But now is the time to put that behind them and enjoy their title celebrations.

Porto face two further league games before beginning their summer holidays, and with Poland missing out on the World Cup, Kiwior’s focus will then be on making his loan transfer permanent.