Gabriel Magalhaes has wasted absolutely no time cashing in receipts on social media.
After Bournemouth’s 1-1 draw with Manchester City on Tuesday night, Arsenal were confirmed as the Premier League champions, ending a 22-year wait.
Andoni Iraola, Mikel Arteta’s former teammate as a youth player, did the Gunners a favour they will not forget in a hurry, as City’s title challenge came undone at the Vitality Stadium.
The Arsenal players celebrated through the night, as was their right, and posted accordingly on social media.
Among those was Gabriel, who was quick to track down the Man City fan who went viral last month for mockingly pretending to drink from an Arsenal-branded plastic bottle during City’s 3-0 win over Chelsea.
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The Brazilian defender reposted an image on Instagram from 433 showing the fan’s viral bottle-drinking pose at Chelsea at the top, and the very same man at the Vitality Stadium at the bottom, without quite the same energy.
Gabriel added the caption “Think too much” alongside a thinking emoji.
And he wasn’t the only one getting in on the act. Piero Hincapie was spotted mimicking the same bottle gesture during celebrations at London Colney.
Arsenal silence the ‘bottling’ talk
A lot has happened since the City fan’s ‘bottle’ moment, which came the day after Arsenal had lost at home to Bournemouth, missing the chance to go 12 points clear.
City then beat Arsenal at the Etihad the following week, cutting the gap to just three points with a game in hand.
For a brief, uncomfortable period, the title looked like it might be slipping away in the most Arsenal fashion imaginable.
But what followed told you everything about this Arsenal squad. Four consecutive league wins without conceding a single goal, a place in the Champions League final secured, and City’s challenge slowly coming apart at the seams.
First, a 3-3 draw at Everton, and then Tuesday’s slip at Bournemouth, and that was that.
Arsenal head into the final day at Selhurst Park as champions, four points clear and untouchable.
The bottle fan has been found. Gabriel has had the last laugh. And after 22 years — twenty-two years — the Premier League trophy is coming home to north London.
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