Gabriel who had a man of the match performance against Gabonese forward, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, also got the only goal of the London derby
By Kehinde Okeowo
Arsenal defender, Gabriel Magalhaes has replied his former captain and Gabonese forward, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang after he sent a cheeky pre-match message to the Gunners.
Gabriel, whose goal made the difference in the encounter combined well with his center-back partner, William Saliba to effectively shut-out Aubameyang during the London derby.
Prior to the match, the 33-year-old Gabonese striker made a promo video, where he said “Arsenal, nothing personal. I’m back, I’m blue, I’m ready. Let’s go.”
The video which implied the striker was ready to down his former team, angered some Arsenal fans, who demanded that the Brazilian defender and his teammate must teach him a lesson.
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They responded by making sure Aubameyang ended on the losing side after Arsenal delivered a solid performance, with Gabriel defending well against the striker.
Arsenal dominated the match and convincingly won the game at Stamford Bridge, the home of their local and arch-rival, Chelsea.
Reacting to the former Barcelona’s video after the match, Gabriel cheekily tweeted: “NOTHING PERSONAL .. LONDON IS RED”
The result was a huge one for Mikel Arteta’s side as it meant the leapfrogged Premier League (PL) champions, Man City who had won at home against Fulham on Saturday.
It also means Chelsea who would have been hoping to reduce the gap between them and Arsenal to 7 points are now 13 points away from the league leaders.
As it stands, the Gunners with another win away to struggling Wolves will go into the World Cup in Qatar top of the PL league no matter the outcome of Man City’s game against Brentford this weekend.
