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In a hilarious blunder for Arsenal fans, the Gooners regretted their decision of bursting firecrackers outside Manchester City players' hotel ahead of the crucial game against Tottenham Hotspur in London on May 14. With the Premier League title race on the knife's edge, this clash between Spurs and Man City could very much be the title decider as the Cityzens are one behind Arsenal with a game in hand.
Hence a night before this match at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, a few die-hard Gooners were spotted bursting a barrage of firecrackers to disturb the Man City players. This has been a tactic used around world football with home fans making life difficult for the travelling away team before their match.
Arsenal fans' massive blunder after bursting firecrackers outside Man City's hotel
But later, it was revealed that the Manchester City squad were never in their hotel as the club had planned to travel on the day of the game (May 14). The development was confirmed by the Sun, which also shared that The Ashburton Army, an Arsenal supporters group, were behind this incident which took place at around 2 a.m.
Like Arsenal's passionate fans, Tottenham Hotspur also has countless die-hard and committed supporters. But ahead of this clash, many of the Spurs' fans wanted their club to lose against Man City as a win would guarantee the title to arch-rivals, Arsenal. Reacting to this bizarre request, Spurs manager Ange Postecoglu asserted that he doesn't understand such behaviour and his club will play to win.
I don't really care: Postecoglu on Spurs fans wanting to lose vs Man City
During his pre-match press conference, the Aussie manager said, "I understand rivalry. I was part of one of the biggest ones in the world in the last couple of years with Celtic and Rangers. But I've never, and will never, understand if someone wants their own team to lose. That's not what sport is about. It's not what I love about the game."
He then went on to add: "Real success looks like trophies. Anything else in between, bragging rights, whatever, it is absolutely meaningless to me. What do you think is going to happen? What do you think we are going to do as a team, or any team on this planet? Aren't we going to just try to win? It's a simple premise. How that makes people feel, I'm not really fussed and I don't really care."
