WATCH | Nobody home as Arsenal fans 'treat' Man City hotel to a 2am fireworks show

Arsenal fans reportedly set off fireworks at 02:00 (UK time) on Tuesday outside the hotel Manchester City are staying at in London ahead of their crucial Premier League match against Tottenham Hotspur.

The Gunners (86 points, 37 matches) edged ahead of City (85 points, 36 matches) by a point on the log standings on Sunday after beating rivals Manchester United 1-0 at their leaky Old Trafford arena.

However, Pep Guardiola and his City troops have had a match in hand for some time and that fixture is against Arsenal's fiercest and dearest North London rivals, Spurs, at 21:00 (SA time) on Tuesday. And the Gunners will be hoping Spurs do them an enormous favour before this weekend's final round of league matches.

In the 2023/24 season finale week, Arsenal, who were runners-up to champions City in the previous campaign, are once again vying for honours under Mikel Arteta. 

Arsenal fans have been vocal all over social media, while football pundits have also joined the fray, knowing full well what is at stake as Spurs welcome City to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. 

So, in the hopes of doing their part, some title-yearning Gunners fans, who last saw their side lift the league crown in the 2003/04 campaign, ignited several fireworks near the Delta Hotel, Marriott, where City players, management and staff are staying, in an attempt to help Spurs gain the advantage ahead of Tuesday's match.

Arsenal fans setting off fireworks outside the Man City team hotel at 2am last night! Plot twist: Man City were not staying at that hotel and will arrive in London this morning. Poor kids wasted their pocket money ?? pic.twitter.com/zaWEut4f8a

However, there was a plot twist to the Gunners' fans attempts at keeping City's players up in the wee hours