The Manchester City supporter who famously mocked Arsenal at Stamford Bridge was seen with the bottle firmly tucked inside his pocket in the course of the 3-3 draw with Everton on Monday night.
Tal Rehman went viral last month after he drank from an Arsenal-branded bottle during City’s 3-0 win against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge – a result that got here after the Gunners’ 2-1 defeat at home to Bournemouth.
The bottle was out again the next weekend when City sealed a 2-1 win against Arsenal on the Etihad Stadium, which put Pep Guardiola’s side three points behind their title rivals with a game in hand.
Arsenal pulled six points clear with wins over Newcastle United and Fulham, meaning the pressure was on City to get a win away to Everton on Monday night.
But Guardiola’s men could only salvage a 3-3 draw with Jeremy Doku’s goal within the seventh minute of injury time, meaning that they now five points behind Arsenal with just one game in hand.
Rehman was spotted by photographers within the away section on the Hill Dickinson Stadium in the course of the closing stages of the sport and eagle-eyed Arsenal fans noticed the infamous bottle zipped up inside his jacket pocket.
Speaking after the bottle incident initially went viral, Guardiola had urged City supporters to ‘respect’ Arsenal.
‘Beating Arsenal once is so difficult, imagine beating them twice in a couple of weeks. So we’ve to rest, prepare and browse exactly what we’ve to do,’ Guardiola said before City’s 2-1 win at home to Mikel Arteta’s side.
‘But I would love to say to my fans – respect Arsenal quite a bit. They’re a rare team. They’re. It’s not naive, it’s to not make them feel something that they usually are not.
‘But at the identical time: come join us and support us minute one. The players will do the utmost.’
City can now close the gap at the highest of the Premier League to 2 points with at home to Brentford on Saturday.
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