Gabriel appeared to mock Viktor Gyokeres by copying his celebration after scoring for Arsenal during their 5-1 win over Sporting Lisbon in the Champions League.
The Gunners took an early lead in the 7th minute, with Gabriel Martinelli scoring from close range. Havertz made it 2-0 with an expert finish in the 22nd minute.
The Brazilian centre-back made it 3-0 just before half-time with a header to give Arsenal a comfortable 3-0 lead at half-time.
Sporting pulled back early in the second half, with a goal from Gonçalo Inácio in the 47th minute. However, any hopes of a comeback were dashed when they conceded a penalty in the 65th minute, which Saka tapped home .
And Trossard put the icing on the cake with an 82nd-minute goal to cap off a 5-star performance from Mikel Arteta’s side.
Gabriel returns to Sporting to troll Arsenal last season
Gabriel’s antics became one of the talking points after the match, after the defender appeared to copy him Arsenal linked Gyokeres celebration after scoring his team’s third goal.
After catching the ball, he reached over and copied the Sporting hitman’s iconic celebration by closing his fingers and putting his hands in front of his eyes.
Many wondered why Gabriel decided to troll the Sporting man, and according to him The Metroit looks like the Arsenal man got his revenge for what a player did after Sporting’s Europa League win at the Emirates last year.
Granit Xhaka had put Arsenal ahead in the second leg of the last 16 of the Europa League against Pedro Goncalves, who has been linked with a move to Manchester Unitedequalized to force extra time and a penalty shootout, which they ended up winning, knocking the Gunners out of the competition.
During Sporting’s celebrations after winning the equaliser, Goncalves was seen mimicking Xhaka’s celebration in front of the traveling fans inside the Emirates Stadium.
Gabriel hit Bane de Gyökeres’ celebration after scoring Arsenal’s third against Sporting? pic.twitter.com/FfcJZ45Xf3
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Arsenal’s Champions League campaign
With this win, they are now 7th in the table, having won 5 games, drawn 1 and lost 1. They have 10 points, along with Bayer Leverkusen, 5th, and Monaco, 6th.
They are in a good position to qualify for the next stage of the competition, but will need to continue their form in the last three games.
