A fork of Rural Dictionary
In football, to 'bottle' or to have 'bottled' something is to throw away a lead or a good chance of winning when you've been on the front foot. More specifically, it is when a team in a leading position loses that lead spectacularly, directly impacting the outcome of the match or competition
‘psg have bottled the ucl once again!’
‘man city are bottlers, they’ll never win it’