Arsenal's win against Manchester United on Sunday was watched by more people than ever in the USA, with 1.92 million viewers tuning into NBC Sports' broadcast of the match.
The broadcast figures are a show of the Premier League's global strength and the appeal of both clubs around the world. They are the highest ever viewing figures for a Premier League match in the US, with an additional 382,000 people watching on the Spanish speaking platform Telemundo.
The match was a fantastic advert for the league, with Arsenal and United exchanging blows in a 3-2 win for the Gunners with Eddie Nketiah's injury-time winner sealing a vital victory in the Premier League title race.
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Success this season could prove vital for Arsenal's long term goals, with expansion in the US market a fundamental business objective for all Premier League clubs. Owner Stan Kroenke is a key figure within that, with the LA Rams supremo having made a recent £270million property acquisition in the US in order to provide commercial expansion across all of his businesses.
The figures show a huge interest in the US market for Premier League football as a whole, with the broadcast having been shown at 8:30am on the West Coast. By contrast, the MLS Cup final between LAFC and Philadelphia Union attracted an audience 2.15 million viewers in a prime time slot in November.
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