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Old 02-24-2025, 04:18 PM   #778
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Originally Posted by Slava View Post
Sure it is. If you’d beaten lately West Ham, you’re within 5 points with a game in hand. Thats before Liverpool played today, and that point the league isn’t done. You win out from there and you win the league. Alas, you didn’t even get that far because you bottled it, at home against 16th place West Ham.
Bottling is having a solid lead and blowing it.

Bottling is not losing a match you "should win" when chasing other teams. The term would apply to every team, every season by that definition.
I get that it's a fun jab at Arsenal and has become the dig, but it's not accurate.
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