In English, “to bottle” means that an athlete or team loses their nerve under pressure. That’s why a few weeks ago you could already see Man City fans chugging water bottles because they thought Arsenal would throw away the title.
But the opposite happened. Last night, Pep Guardiola’s team threw away their last title hopes with a 1-1 draw against Bournemouth, and Arsenal were crowned PL champions from the couch. Here are City’s highlights again in the video.
That bottles were a topic among the Arsenal stars at the celebrations afterwards goes without saying.
Martin Ødegaard. 📲 pic.twitter.com/2DXu4EvWak
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) May 20, 2026
📲 Gabriel Magalhães on Instagram. 🤣🍼 pic.twitter.com/5bzykFu1re
— afcstuff (@afcstuff) May 20, 2026
“They called us bottlers, and now we’re holding the bottles!” 👀🍾
Bukayo Saka via his Instagram story! 😅 pic.twitter.com/yabVQ1pLzB
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) May 19, 2026
NONI MADUEKE X BUKAYO SAKA… ❤️😭
🗣️ “No time for losers! No time!” ❌🤣 pic.twitter.com/fp2AKlsZ7f
— DailyAFC (@DailyAFC) May 19, 2026
🗣️ Bukayo Saka: “Let me tell you something. 22 years, they were laughing and they were joking joking, they’re not laughing anymore.” pic.twitter.com/xsjD9YQZbp https://t.co/8dCl0PsodH
— Football Tweet ⚽ (@Footballtweet) May 20, 2026
❤️🤍🏆 Gabriel Magalhães, back home as Premier League winner. pic.twitter.com/gN1mqYkahb
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) May 20, 2026
The Arsenal squad taking a stroll around the Emirates Stadium at 5am this morning. 👋🏆 pic.twitter.com/LgCSXovlRn
— afcstuff (@afcstuff) May 20, 2026
Declan Rice taking photos with Arsenal supporters outside the Emirates Stadium in the early hours of the morning. 🥹❤️
🎶 Arsenal! Arsenal! Arsenal! 🎶
🎥 @al_juste pic.twitter.com/tSp2vVp9aP
— afcstuff (@afcstuff) May 20, 2026
We could imagine Mikel Arteta gave the players the day off at short notice today. The celebrations will then continue at Crystal Palace on Sunday.
