{"id":2551,"date":"2026-04-14T02:57:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T02:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disport.com.ng\/?p=2551"},"modified":"2026-04-14T02:57:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T02:57:18","slug":"arsenal-bottlers-mocked-in-brutal-man-city-fan-taunt-during-chelsea-thrashing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/disport.com.ng\/?p=2551","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal &#8216;bottlers&#8217; mocked in brutal Man City fan taunt during Chelsea thrashing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_34fba5\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">One Manchester City fan brutally mocked Arsenal as the Citizens thrashed Chelsea 3-0 to close the gap at the top of the Premier League table to just six points<\/h2>\n<div class=\"Byline_byline-container__K_Owl\" data-testid=\"byline\"><span class=\"Byline_byline-content-wrapper__Imque\" data-testid=\"byline-content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"Byline_author-badge-date-wrapper__Q7jj1\">\n<p><span class=\"\" data-testid=\"byline-publishedDate\">19:02, 12 Apr 2026<\/span><span class=\"ArticleTimestamp_updated-date__7qD4Q ArticleTimestamp_updated-date-with-published__iFKpF\" data-testid=\"byline-updatedDate\">Updated 13:53, 13 Apr 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37002394\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"One Manchester City fan went viral as he mocked Arsenal during Pep Guardiola's team's 3-0 win away at Chelsea\" loading=\"eager\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 508px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37002394.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_Man-City-Arsenal-bottle.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37002394.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s508\/0_Man-City-Arsenal-bottle.jpg 508w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37002394.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/0_Man-City-Arsenal-bottle.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37002394.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_Man-City-Arsenal-bottle.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"One Manchester City fan went viral as he mocked Arsenal during Pep Guardiola's team's 3-0 win away at Chelsea\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">One Manchester City fan went viral as he mocked Arsenal during Pep Guardiola&#8217;s team&#8217;s 3-0 win away at Chelsea<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A Manchester City fan went viral as he mocked Arsenal by glugging from a Gunners branded bottle as the title hopefuls thrashed Chelsea in a 3-0 rout.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Arsenal&#8217;s defeat to Bournemouth on Saturday had opened the door for Pep Guardiola&#8217;s side to take charge of their own destiny and after a slow first half in west London, they emerged after the break to blow the home side away with three goals in 17 minutes to put real pressure on the Premier League leaders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Nico O&#8217;Reilly continued his scoring streak to break the deadlock in the 50th minute, Marc Guehi slotted in his first league goal for the club then Jeremy Doku pounced on an awful error by Moises Caicedo to complete Chelsea&#8217;s humiliation. And when the Belgian winger scored, one jubilant City fan seized the moment.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37002315\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37002315\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Manchester City are now just six points behind Arsenal\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37002315.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_GettyImages-2271007704.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37002315.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_GettyImages-2271007704.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37002315.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_GettyImages-2271007704.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37002315.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_GettyImages-2271007704.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Manchester City are now just six points behind Arsenal\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Manchester City are now just six points behind Arsenal<cite aria-label=\"Image: Getty Images\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Getty Images)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">JOIN US ON FB!<\/strong><a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thedailystarsport#\" rel=\"nofollow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">  Get all the best sports news and much more on our Facebook page<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">As cameras swept across the celebrating City supporters, the man was spotted holding up an empty bottle with an Arsenal logo &#8211; a cheeky nod to the claim that the Gunners are &#8220;bottlers&#8221; who keep coming up short when it comes to winning silverware. And it didn&#8217;t take long for clips and images of the moment to go viral on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Gunners superfan Piers Morgan wasn&#8217;t happy, posting on X: &#8220;You going to take this mockery, @Arsenal? Or are you going to stand up, show some bottle, and fight for this Title like it means more than life or death?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">City appear to be coming into form just as Arsenal\u2019s is deserting them but the Blues did their London rivals no favours here, collapsing in the face of more powerful and clinical opposition to leave their own hopes of reaching the Champions League in serious doubt.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37002455\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37002455\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.77\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Manchester City fan had brought a prop with him to Stamford Bridge\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37002455.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_JS402788517.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37002455.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_JS402788517.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37002455.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_JS402788517.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37002455.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_JS402788517.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"The Manchester City fan had brought a prop with him to Stamford Bridge\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">The Manchester City fan had brought a prop with him to Stamford Bridge<cite aria-label=\"Image: Sky Sports\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Sky Sports)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37002456\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37002456\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.78\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"He poked fun at Arsenal\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37002456.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_HFuE7kBXoAE9pZj.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37002456.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_HFuE7kBXoAE9pZj.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37002456.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_HFuE7kBXoAE9pZj.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37002456.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_HFuE7kBXoAE9pZj.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"He poked fun at Arsenal\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">He poked fun at Arsenal<cite aria-label=\"Image: @PremierLeague\/X\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: @PremierLeague\/X)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The early promise which accompanied Liam Rosenior\u2019s first month in charge has evaporated, leaving in its place the same old doubts over the mental fortitude of this young squad and the club\u2019s general direction under the current ownership.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">As for City \u2013 whose supporters sang \u201care you watching Arsenal?\u201d and \u201cwe\u2019re Manchester City, we\u2019ll fight to the end\u201d from the Shed End \u2013 they look equipped to take the title fight to the wire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Victory over Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium next week will see them cut the gap to three points &#8211; with a game in hand. And it would put Arsenal&#8217;s hopes of ending their 22-year title drought in real doubt.<\/p>\n<div class=\"HtmlEmbed_container__x6svQ\">\n<figure data-testid=\"embed-placeholder\" class=\"EmbedPlaceholder_figure__NLMFl undefined false\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" viewbox=\"0 0 90 90\" fill=\"none\" data-testid=\"consent-placeholder-icon\"><g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_10846_5865)\"><circle opacity=\"0.16\" cx=\"45\" cy=\"45\" r=\"33.75\" fill=\"var(--color-sem-icon-neutral-default)\"\/><path d=\"M21.1351 21.1351C15.0276 27.2427 11.25 35.6802 11.25 45C11.25 63.6396 26.3604 78.75 45 78.75C54.3198 78.75 62.7573 74.9724 68.8649 68.8649M21.1351 21.1351C27.2427 15.0276 35.6802 11.25 45 11.25C63.6396 11.25 78.75 26.3604 78.75 45C78.75 54.3198 74.9724 62.7573 68.8649 68.8649M21.1351 21.1351L68.8649 68.8649\" stroke=\"var(--color-sem-icon-neutral-default)\" stroke-width=\"7.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><\/g><defs><clippath id=\"clip0_10846_5865\"><rect width=\"90\" height=\"90\" fill=\"white\"\/><\/clippath><\/defs><\/svg><figcaption>Content cannot be displayed without consent<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Chelsea had marginally the better of the first half whilst City were strangely timid and uncertain of themselves.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Cole Palmer lashed into the side-netting early on against his old team. Marc Cucurella had the ball in the net after 15 minutes, but was flagged offside then Pedro Neto drew a good low save from Gianluigi Donnarumma.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">At the other end, City were made to wait until the 33rd minute of a quiet half for their first opportunity, Bernardo Silva\u2019s first-time shot squeezing through Wesley Fofana\u2019s attempted block and saved well by Robert Sanchez.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Rayan Cherki struck an effort straight into Sanchez\u2019s arms then Antoine Semenyo dragged an effort wide from outside the box shortly afterwards.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37001833\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37001833\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mikel Arteta\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37001833.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_GettyImages-2270851767.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37001833.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_GettyImages-2270851767.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37001833.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_GettyImages-2270851767.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37001833.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_GettyImages-2270851767.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Arsenal's Premier League title hopes took a blow over the weekend\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Arsenal&#8217;s Premier League title hopes took a blow over the weekend<cite aria-label=\"Image: Getty Images\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Getty Images)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">City began the second half more brightly. Erling Haaland had his first sight of goal inside the first minute, but skewed his effort against Jorrel Hato after racing on to Doku\u2019s pass.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">It was a warning Chelsea failed to heed and they fell behind soon after. Cherki crossed from the right towards the six-yard box, Andrey Santos switched off and allowed O\u2019Reilly to dart beyond him and head into the net.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The visitors now came on much stronger. Haaland was beaten to a header six yards out by Fofana, who got there just before the striker to flick behind.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">From the resulting corner, Doku worked the ball to Cherki and he dashed infield before sliding a pass through to Guehi who slipped the ball into the far corner to double the lead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">City\u2019s third was a horror show from Chelsea. Caicedo dawdled hopelessly in possession after receiving the ball from Sanchez then ran straight into Doku, who dispossessed him and clipped his finish inside the near post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Cucurella tried gamely to salvage some home pride, first with a low drive which flashed wide then with a header that was well kept out by Donnarumma.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One Manchester City fan brutally mocked Arsenal as the Citizens thrashed Chelsea 3-0 to close<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2552,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}