Arsenal's Mikel Arteta hails Gabriel Martinelli mentality
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The Brazilian scored his first career hat-trick, just three days after an unsavoury incident involving Liverpool's Conor Bradley
Arsenal earned a safe passage into the fourth round of the FA Cup for the first time since 2022-23 with a 4-1 win over Portsmouth on Sunday. Gabriel Martinelli bagged an all-important hat-trick, while Andre Dozzell scored an own goal,
Gary Neville said he could not believe the Liverpool players did not “absolutely whack” Gabriel Martinelli after the Arsenal winger shoved the injured Conor Bradley off the pitch in the goalless draw at the Emirates Stadium.
Virgil van Dijk has defended his Liverpool team-mates from any questions of their reaction to a show of disrespect from Arsenal forward Gabriel Martinelli. The Gunners winger sparked uproar in the Reds camp when attempting to drag injured Conor Bradley off the field towards the end of a Premier League fixture at Emirates Stadium.