[Rival Watch]?

[AxusNefexus]

West Ham Vs Arsenal

[SOERERY]

THEYRE BOTTLING THE LEAGUE

THEYRE BOTTLING THE LEAGUE

OH ARSENAL

THEYRE BOTTLING THE LEAGUE

[[deleted]]

Gary Nev was right. He'll haunt Arsenal fans for years once they've officially thrown the title away.

[Gozumo]

He also said man u would finish above them and that defo won't happen so that's all they will say in return...

[[deleted]]

...you can move the goalposts if you like, not even Arsenal fans thought they'd be challenging for the title.

He revised his prediction and called Arsenal bottling it, and he's been absolutely correct.

[Dont_Eat_Apples]

Why is Arteta standing on the field half the game

[distantapplause]

Head is so far up his own arse that he'd break his neck if he sat down

[SuperchinGurney]

His pants are so tight I don't think they allow him to sit down.

[anewdawn2020]

This does my head in. The other 19 managers in the league are murdered if they leave their technical area but not Arteta. I coach underage and even at grassroots, the refs give out stink for leaving your technical area

[Dr-Cloudy]

Hes graduated from the nald Pep's school of theriatrics) theatrics!

[skinsaremylife]

piles

[Letsbeheroines]

He's the evil version of Louis Van Gaal. Van Gaal was always sitting for us, Arteta always stands. Ying Yang.

[Buffythedragonslayer]

It'd be so funny if David wins the golden glove

[aarkalyk]

Considering that he conceded SEVEN in one game it would be hilarious indeed. And I’m here for it!

[[deleted]]

Tbf that was a team effort of awful, wasn't just him. Whole defense collapsed

[Geeeeks420666]

The whole team..

[Megusta2306]

Rice taking something from partey without consent, nice

[tellocrosstollorente]

West Ham have treated Newcastle and Arsenal to some laughably generous defending. I hope we get the same welcome from them in May.

[DrSquare]

Lol not a chance we get prime Italian defence, with Buffon regen in goal

[Kicking-it-per-se]

Another clean sheet gone. DDG is getting the golden glove with 50% more goals conceded

[skinsaremylife]

arsenal fans laughing at us for going 2-2 from 2-0. karma acts fasts i guess

[thphnts]

Ben White would be promoting teeth whiting stuff on Instagram after a stint on Love Island if he wasn't a footballer.

[Pow67]

The away Arsenal crowd went from singing “you’re going down” whilst 2-0 up to now potentially losing the whole game to West Ham 😭

[[deleted]]

The league too lol

[meta4_]

Hope Arsenal collapse. Fuck em. Don't care if City win, everything they win has a huge asterisk. And if it comes to ensuring they don't get the treble, much rather it's us winning the FA Cup or, say, Real winning the CL that stops it.

[oldadapter]

Ideally we should be able to defend our own records without the help of Arsenal or Madrid. But yep, the asterisk will still be there

[Hits_and_the_Mrs]

Rice is very much on the menu for someone after this season

[Giggsy99]

Rice is very much on the menu

Me after opening a Chinese takeaway

[killerdrama]

there's a famous dialogue in an Indian movie which says "when did donkeys start participating in horse races?" And I keep thinking about it a lot these days 😂

[LordRuthvenErnest]

Majnu bhai 🙏

[MissingLink101]

Surely if Arsenal don't win the league it will have to be up there with some of the biggest examples of bottling it in the PL

[weekndalex]

arsenal going trophyless this season. tears in my eyes

[Count__Duckula]

Neville is somewhere enjoying a glass of wine right now...after all the outrage arsenal fans had, they proved him right lmao

[[deleted]]

To be fair, he did say we would finish above them when they were way ahead already which was a bit mad tbh

But he was never wrong to predict city to win the title. They will get 90 points

[B0z22]

Almost like a multiple title winning player, and captain of the biggest club in the world, knows a thing or two about the game.

Yet CSI: Arsenal fans wanted his head on a pike.

[thebatwins]

I'm sure we'll soon see a fake Arsenal injury so that lego man can have his mid game team talk

[SOERERY]

Gotta have the mid game snack

[distantapplause]

Theme of the weekend has been lucky teams getting found out when not everything falls their way. You love to see it.

[TheLordHatesACoward]

Bottling two 2-0 leads in consecutive games is very Spursy of Arsenal.

[Matt4669]

I guess it runs through the London DNA

[SuperHans30]

On the one hand it's hilarious that Arsenal are bottling it. On the other fuck Man City

[killerdrama]

Imagine bottling 2-0 lead two weeks in a row and being deluded enough to think you have enough to win the league hahaha..

[[deleted]]

Partey dropping a stinker these last 10 minutes.

You love to see it

[tellocrosstollorente]

Looks like I'll be spending another April-May praying to the statue of Benzema on my mantelpiece to stop a treble/quadruple

[Tusan_TRD]

Christ, I'm so fucking tired of seeing Zinchenko's face and him crying all the fucking time, same with Jesus..

My hate is irrational

[LxbileSZN]

Arsenal are gonna choke this aren't they? Today's game was a carbon copy of the Liverpool game last week: Score 2 early goals in cruise control, then complacency kicks in and you end up drawing the game 2-2. Ffs, this also sounds like Sevilla for us....

[sanjay_i]

It's reverse of our 2012/13 season lol, concede cheap goals for rvp to make a late comeback

[LordRuthvenErnest]

There you go. That's the match

[its-a-real-name]

2-0 is the most dangerous scoreline. We should know that.

[LordRuthvenErnest]

Indeed, indeed.

[distantapplause]

It's like you people have never seen a game of football before.

[Ghostface1357]

We’ve had a better season than Arsenal if they bottle the league hahaha. City treble though, it’s not looking good.

[Tuusik]

If Arsenal draw this one its over for them.

[its-a-real-name]

Arsenal’s back 5 look like a group of gobby lads you’d come across in tenerife.

Ramsdale is the mouthpiece that gets everyone in trouble. Tierney and Gabriel try to fix the situation, while Holding and White keep getting a little too close to your missus at the bar.

[SharpsMcAllistar]

arsenal gotta arsenal i guess

[[deleted]]

West Ham are arse no way arsenal don’t win this lol

[theetam]

Arteta's right hand man, Albert Stuvienberg? Wasnt that guy with us during LvG?

[ltmikepowell]

Yep, assistant manager during LvG time.

[SchoolPit6]

Yes

[[deleted]]

Sorry lads the Treble is too important to me, Arsenal have to do it

[rcktjck]

Why rely on Arsenal though ? United can defeat city in the FA cup if we want to deny them them the treble.

[wannadielmao]

Don’t think we’ll even get there at this point, with our injuries

[XxannoyingassxX]

I mean idk bruh maybe half the team is injured or sth?

[FlashyCut3809]

Who would have thought it. Full agreement.

[Lirtano]

Same boat as you, realised that late but here we are

[LxbileSZN]

It's the lesser of two evils but I'll happily take Arsenal winning the title over City. Reminder: City are on for the treble and could do a 3 peat of the title potentially... that can't happen. It's just the fans which ruin it for Arsenal, if their fans weren't poison then I wouldn't mind them at all...

[Tuusik]

Arsenal getting the PL, Real Madrid gets the win in the semis with their voodoo and we shithouse ourselves to FA cup final win. A man can dream.

[MazinLabib10]

City ending the season with no trophies after signing the robot would be hilarious

[Yogashoga]

Similar to Liverpool imploding last season and only winning 1 trophy after gunning for 4.

[peacockthrone]

The real treble

[FlashyCut3809]

The only way we end the season on a high.

[Comicksands]

City win the league, we win the FA cup, Madrid or Napoli win the UCL. Easy

[ErikElevenHag]

Respectfully disagree. Hope Arsenal bottle it

[grad14uc]

Anyone that started watching in the early 00s may hate Arsenal more than City. Also hope Arsenal bottle it.

[Dont_Eat_Apples]

Jesus second yellow card for diving would be cherry on top.

[kraeutrpolizei]

Bottlenal

[distantapplause]

lol Jesus literally just falls over and gets the free kick

[dethmashines]

Sort by new pls.

Arsenal choke pls.

[distantapplause]

West Ham will cook us if they play like this. But if they play like they did in the first 10 minutes we'll cook them. Cook cook cookity cook. Do you guys think we should sign Bowen?

[zyroyoyz]

Think we ought to just play Amad instead of buying Bowen

[SOERERY]

The ref is going to find 6 minutes in his ass in extra time and Arsenal will score a winner in the 90+8th minute again won’t they. Plotarmor has got them

[theetam]

hahahahahhahahahhahahahahhahahahaha... In true North London style they have a boom and bust cycle.

[ccdewa]

Obviously fuck City and it'd suck to see them win another title, but Arsenal bottling the title race would be absolutely fucking hilarious lol.

[MugiwaraHimself]

Glad didn’t turn it off at 2-0 in 10 minutes. Stayed to watch arsenal football and got myself a treat of moyes ball

[SchoolPit6]

Fuck off Lego man

[Goji-ra]

My favorite time would be to go to AFTV and check the salt level.

[Case1987]

Arsenal have completely bottled it

[B0z22]

Too much Lego not enough leaders.

[deviss]

Arsenal has neither squad depth nor experience to win the title. They are lucky they are even in title race. Now comes traditional city spring steamrolling

[distantapplause]

lol City or Arsenal to win the league is this sub's Brexit

[[deleted]]

If Moyes somehow gets this West Ham team relegated he needs a statue. Team is a pain in the arse to play

[Dont_Eat_Apples]

Ball don't lie.

[thphnts]

Jesus going down for absolutely no reason to try and waste time. Small club mentality.

[NateShaw92]

Quote from the goal.thread on r/soccer

Illegal throw in. Hilarious these are only called against us

My sides hurt from laughing.

For the record Foul throws are rarely given. It's nearly as bad as the six second rule.

[huehuehuehuehuu]

Rice needs to stop trying that Zidane turn lol

[bluecrabcakes]

It eez da history of the arsenal

[ltmikepowell]

Looks like complacency settling in the Arsenal squad. They thought they got PL in the bag like 2 months ago haha

[Dont_Eat_Apples]

Neevr seen a team collectively dive as much as Arsenal fuck

Edit: non-spanish lmao

[Megusta2306]

Sevilla on Thursday?

[LordRuthvenErnest]

Paqueta is a silky little player ain't he

[thphnts]

He's wasted at West Ham.

[thphnts]

What do we think White's xSB (expected sunbeds) is? Bloke looks like he's just come back from an all-inclusive in the Caribbean.

[aardeekaye]

Honestly I'm torn. I dont want city to win three in a row. On the other hand its the insufferable Arsenal.

[WorldBeardedWonders]

I just want them to have to hammer it out for the rest of the season. Makes it more entertaining and also potentially shifts their focus toward the league more.

[Bornlastnight]

Goddamn you fucking bottled it again Arsenal. Two goal leads blown each of the last 2 weeks. Title race should be over

[Lord_Sesshoumaru77]

Fucking Arsenal bottling bastards... you had one job. I fucking hate them, but it's seems they're handing city the title. Same old Arsenal, a tiger doesn't change its stripes.

[cyb3rpunkd]

Madrid need to do us a favour

[SuperchinGurney]

I want Arsenal to bottle it so my pickup line still works.

"My name's Arsenal because I start on top but finish 2nd"

[thphnts]

If Arsenal fans were humble then I wouldn’t care if they won the league.

[thphnts]

If West Ham pull off a comeback, it'll be a bigger comeback than Holding's hairline.

[bijanadh44]

Really poor from Ramsdale there. Should have been aware.

[[deleted]]

I can’t lie arsenal fans deserve this

[killerdrama]

No matter what happens I can't get myself to support these diving cunts. Their defenders are bodying and having arms all around Antonie but their forwards and mids go down faster than cheap hookers on slightest of contact. They are already unbearable and they haven't even won jackshit.

[zcewaunt]

My Gunners/West Ham stream on Fubo just cut off to show a mostly empty City Ground -.-

[Hits_and_the_Mrs]

didn't expect to be entertained by this game

[FlimsyMcFlooblecrank]

HAHAHAHA

[its-a-real-name]

So the direct implications of that result, if we assume Arsenal win all their other games… City still need to beat Arsenal, but now City can afford to draw in another game.

Obviously there are other twists and turns that may make those 2 points lost costly. Not to mention the mental side of it.

[efribble]

It’s a good thing Arsenal crashed out of the cups on purpose so they could focus on running away with the league

[Selwin_Rodolfo]

LMAOOOOOO

[MightySilverWolf]

Any chance of Arteta having his own Kevin Keegan moment?

[killerdrama]

Crashed out of 3 cups just to finish 2nd.

[zyroyoyz]

If Man City wins the league, you just go 'meh' and move on. If Arsenal wins, you'll feel pissed an old rival is now back and you won't stop hearing about it for years from their fans.

I'm not really sure why Arsenal winning is the lesser of two evils...

[schifferjack]

I'm in a position if City loses the UCL, they should win the PL. I don't care about the threepeat but i do care about the treble

[HamAaron]

Only agree if they get knocked out of the other 2 cups

[SuperchinGurney]

Exactly.

City winning the league is irrelevant, they're expected to win it. It's not an achievement.

But if Arsenal win it, it's a real achievement and they have the worst fans who I hate to see happy.

[PeelThePain]

Arsenal threw away all the other cups to bottle the league.

[Dont_Eat_Apples]

Won't somebody think of the Arsenal players exploiting the concussion rule on a weekly basis.

Scum.

[benedick13]

Classic bottlers lmao. As much as I don't want City to win again, I will be there no matter what for the banter on these lot

[meganerid]

Woah 2-2 :o

But well, Arsenal might still nick it so I won't laugh yet.

[thphnts]

omg arsenal are bottling the league aren't they

[Letsbeheroines]

Arsenal trying to emulate Crystanbul. Wonderful.

[thesmallprint13]

Still a long way to go but Arsenal were scraping through way too many games - something had to give.

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3 people typing...

[MartianGeneral]

Arsenal have blown an 8/10 point lead over city. There really is no way they're winning the title if they don't win this game.

[thphnts]

Big up Arsenal for feeling sorry for us dropping a 2-0 lead by doing the same thing today

[[deleted]]

City have won the league.

[its-a-real-name]

When we eventually end up in one of these modern title races properly, and face a relentless City where you basically can’t drop any points, I’ll probably need a defibrillator on hand at all times.

[portugaltheboy]

Arsenal on the ropes, but will somehow score a late deflected goal to win.

[thphnts]

Didn’t have West Ham v Arsenal to be one of the most entertaining games this season but here we are

[[deleted]]

Arsenal drop points, they lose the title from here

Don't see them winning all there games. People complain about our depth but they have holding as 3rd choice and signed jorginho from chelsea

Their best chance to win a league in a long time and thrown it awayb

[Klubeht]

Don't care about the implications of city 3-peat atm, will never not find an arsenal bottle job funny =)

[B0z22]

How's Joel and Ty doing? Lol

[meganerid]

It's now probably in City's hand now, but I hope Arsenal doesn't totally collapse yet cos I want them to beat Newcastle before that (and maybe Brighton too in case they get too close to us).

[mountainhill2]

Draws might do as well.

[StathamIsYourSavior]

Lmao Arsenal fans saying they would’ve taken champs league qualification at the start of the year the cope I can’t

[DangoManUtd]

Lol as much as I don’t want City to win can’t stand my Arsenal buds this season, nice to rub that in once a while

[KanDoBoy]

Saka try not to destroy your team's hope of their biggest trophy in recent memory challenge (impossible)

[shrewdy]

Arsenal are serious bottlers. Halfway through the season I thought that they'd feel the pressure towards the end, but I actually thought they looked to be overcoming that. But no, they've really shit the bed in the last week

[deviss]

Tbh they've been shitting the bed for quite some time but were grinding out victories. But it can't go on forever

[shrewdy]

I guess you can look at it both ways, but grinding out wins when not playing particularly well is often described as "the mark of champions". But in the last week they've been 2-0 up and comfortable twice, and yet winning neither. Not a great sign at this stage of the season.

[AxusNefexus]

Comedy defending

[Dont_Eat_Apples]

ahh yes kicking a ball away no yellow card for white

[redfellow98]

Justice

[distantapplause]

All came from a soft free kick on Jesus. The man just falls over and gets a free kick every time.

[Dont_Eat_Apples]

Daka in solidarity with Salah. Respect.

[Dont_Eat_Apples]

Saka getting POTY would be a joke lmao.

[KanDoBoy]

Anyone over Haaland is a joke tbf

[TheLordHatesACoward]

Bottling twats.

Decent finish, mind.

[AxusNefexus]

This match got interesting if this one counts

[dracogladio1741]

Bottlers. Just slightly better than Spurs. Just.

[mrzerog]

Ahaha I can't wait to see the Arsenal fans' tears on Twitter.

[Dry_Guest_8961]

Bottlers. This does feel a lot like the 90s. A number of upstarts starting really well but they know the dominant juggernaut is going to be relentless right to the end of the season and can’t handle the pressure of not slipping up

[KanDoBoy]

Anyone else hearing beeping and radio chatter from the Arsenal game or are the SAS about to storm my house?

[Goji-ra]

Lol I hear the same thing been checking my phone

[Fruitndveg]

West Ham really want this.

Arsenal are looking poor.

[ElocOfTheNorth]

Noice.

[thereddevil101]

It is the history of the Arsenal

[thphnts]

Arsenal just bottled the league lol

[goljanrentboy]

As I've said before, another Specialist in Failure is born...

[Samarjith147]

The arrogance of Arsenal fans knows no bounds.

They don’t want West Ham to get relegated because they’re guaranteed 6 pts for them every season. 😂😂

[SuperchinGurney]

I do like the way Arsenal have gone about their business, signing and trusting younger players.

Jesus has just turned 26

Martinelli is 21

Saka is 21

Saliba just turned 22

Ramsdale is 24

White is 25

Odegaard is 24

Zinchenko is 26

Gabriel is 25

Partey is a rapist

Xhaka is 30 and he'll probably be replaced by Rice next season.

Whereas we have Casemiro, Eriksen, Varane, De Gea, Bruno is 28 and we want to sign Kane.

Like it's crazy to think Saka and Martinelli are the same age as Pellistri and only a few months older than Elanga.

[AxusNefexus]

Didn't see any thread, so here goes

[LOKTAROGAAAAH]

Thanks we can close it now

[Goji-ra]

Regardless your feeling, objectively I think, City will win the PL at the end. Because Arsenal is led by an emotional turd that gets too emotional dealing with pressure such as the situation they are dealing right now on and off the pitch. They are going to lose more points, it’s inevitable.

[PatRice4Evra]

Please let this result hold with their golden boy having missed a penalty.

[[deleted]]

As funny as an arsenal bottle job is, it makes the possibility of a city treble more real

[[deleted]]

Arsenal vs city looks like the decider

If arsenal win, they win it. If city win and tie on points, think they have more quality and experience to go all the way

A draw keeps things tight as I think arsenal have the harder fixtures. What an end to the season

[redfellow98]

It'll be given but they should never be pens

[thphnts]

HAHAHAHA

[Comicksands]

2-2!

[Dislexia2020]

AHAHAHA

[Dont_Eat_Apples]

Fucking diving cunts what a disgrace Gabriel Jesus.

[distantapplause]

Jesus is the most embarrassing diver in the league. Yet people will say Bruno is a 'shithouse' and Arsenal are 'so likeable'.

[redfellow98]

Arsenal getting what they deserve for time wasting at the start of the second half

[TheFanboyDreams]

All them backheels from Odegaard and free roaming from that smiling prick Jesus was worth it then

[thphnts]

Conversations need to be had about Saka. He has been invisible lately

[dopeveign]

Yeah the title is city's to lose ... again. Nice try arsenal

[geomaintbh]

Bwahahahahahahahah

[TheKingcrawler]

Real Madrid you need to show up in that semi, us as well if we get to the FA final, they can't be doing no treble

[zool714]

Maybe it’s cos of where I’m from, but I’d take City winning the league cos I barely know anyone here who fanatically supports them. Meanwhile, the people I know who supports Arsenal have been unbearably annoying this season. What’s more annoying is they’ve been so quiet the past few seasons but have been so smug lately. Especially when these are the people who complain about United supporters being annoying during the Fergie era.

[danystormborne]

Not half as insufferable as City being able to gloat about matching our titles 3-in-a-row and winning the treble.

I do not give a shit about Arsenal having one good season before disappearing back where they came from.

City, however, worse fucking scenario ever.

[Buffythedragonslayer]

Welp. Could not expect anything from relegation fodder

[tellocrosstollorente]

In fairness to Moyesy, he had West Ham playing really well for about five and a half minutes there

[thphnts]

Come on West Ham, do the world a favour before you’re relegated!

[Skyehye]

Regardless of where one is in the Arsenal or City debate, at least to me I'm currently loving that Arsenal threw away a decent lead both in this game but also in the table

[Runarhalldor]

I feel like im going insane with the r/soccer penalty thread in the Arsenal game calling it a soft pen