{"id":52517,"date":"2026-05-22T13:17:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T07:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=52517"},"modified":"2026-05-22T13:17:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T07:47:01","slug":"eberechi-eze-trolls-viral-manchester-city-bottle-fan-after-arsenals-premier-league-triumph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/eberechi-eze-trolls-viral-manchester-city-bottle-fan-after-arsenals-premier-league-triumph\/","title":{"rendered":"Eberechi Eze trolls viral Manchester City \u2018Bottle Fan\u2019 after Arsenal\u2019s Premier League triumph"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a moment of pure football banter, Arsenal midfielder Eberechi Eze has gone viral for mocking a famous Manchester City supporter known as the \u201cbottle fan\u201d following Arsenal\u2019s dramatic 2025\/26 Premier League title win.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The incident traces back to earlier in the season when Tal Rehman, a dedicated City fan, taunted Arsenal supporters by dramatically drinking from an Arsenal water bottle during a match, symbolizing \u201cArsenal tears\u201d and their reputation for bottling big moments. The image of Rehman in a giant blue inflatable bottle costume matching City\u2019s sky blue colors quickly became a meme across social media.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Fast forward to May 2026: Arsenal clinched their first Premier League title in 22 years after Manchester City drew 1-1 with Bournemouth. Eze, who joined Arsenal from Crystal Palace in a big-money \u00a360m+ move in August 2025, celebrated by sharing the infamous bottle fan photo on his Instagram story with the caption \u201cIt\u2019s all love man.\u201d He later told TNT Sports it was \u201cthe funniest picture of all time\u201d and joked it might become his display picture for the rest of the year.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Teammate Gabriel Magalh\u00e3es also joined the fun by posting a dejected image of the fan. The light-hearted trolling sparked widespread amusement among Arsenal fans, highlighting the passionate yet humorous rivalries in English football. Rehman responded sportingly, noting he and Eze had the \u201csame UCL titles\u201d in a witty comeback.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Eze\u2019s integration at Arsenal has been seamless. The England international added creativity and goals in his debut season under Mikel Arteta, playing a key role in ending the long title drought. This viral moment encapsulates the joy of Arsenal\u2019s victory and the enduring spirit of fan banter that makes the Premier League special. As celebrations continue ahead of the trophy lift, such memes remind everyone that football is as much about fun as it is about glory.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a moment of pure football banter, Arsenal midfielder Eberechi Eze has gone viral for mocking a famous Manchester City\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":502,"featured_media":52518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3890,3800,4057],"class_list":["post-52517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-eberechi-eze","tag-manchester-city","tag-top-stories"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/502"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52517"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52519,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52517\/revisions\/52519"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}