Gabriel Martinelli insists that Myles respects Lewis-Skelly Erling Haaland, although the Arsenal youth mock the striker of Manchester City in yesterday’s collision against the Emirates.
Lewis-Skelly scored Arsenal’s third goal in her 5-1 victory when City fell apart after Haaland had pulled her place with a towering header.
Throughout the game there was an ongoing topic in which Arsenal’s players who seemed to try to try Haaland, Haaland, after the Norwegian boss Mikel Areta “modest” after the 2-2 draw in Manchester in the season had.
Gabriel screamed in Haaland’s face after Martin Odegaard achieved Arenal’s Opener before Lewis-Skelly celebrated Haaland’s trademark ‘Meditation’ after he found Stefan Ortega.
A nice piece of needle between Gabriel Magalhães and Erling Haaland. ((@Skyspl)))
– Gunners (@gunnersc0m) February 2, 2025
“He respects Erling a lot”
Haaland’s father, former city and Leeds middle field player Alfie-Perging, had a pop in Arsenal after yesterday, but Martinelli insisted that the former man of Borussia Dortmund was not lacking in respect.
The Brazil striker said to The Independent: “I don’t know if it was planned (the celebration), but he certainly respects Erling a lot.
“He scored an amazing goal and has been brilliant lately. We are very happy about him. “
Haaland pointed to the badge of the Premier League winner on his shirt when he greeted the traveling fans at the last pipe and contributed hostility between the pages.
Erling Haaland had to remind the Arsenal fans 😅 pic.twitter.com/bdbojhiq3c
– B/R Football (@Brfootball) February 2, 2025
Arsenal is still trying to win the league – Martinelli
Martinelli added: “So there are two teams who want to win the championship, so that’s a fight.
“We tried our best and they also tried their best. We have to win duels to win these games, so the game becomes hard work. We did it well and we are really satisfied with the result.
“We know our characteristics, the team we have. Although we injured some players, we know what quality we have in the team and we try our best for the club, for the injured players and also for fans. We still have a long journey, many games, but we will try to do our best to win the league. “
Newcastle next to Gunners
In the victory, Arsenal clung to the leaders of the leaders Liverpool, who won 2-0 on Saturday in Bournemouth.
The men of Arteta are six points behind the Merseysiders, who also have a game in their hands.
Arsenals best chance of silverware stays in cup competitions and on Wednesday you drive to Newcastle to lift a 2-0 deficit from the first leg of your EFL cup semi-final.
Martinelli said: “We will go there to win the game and achieve three or four or five. Let’s see, the game will definitely be very difficult. But we will do our best to win the game.
“It will be another battle. We know how difficult it is to play there. But as I said, we have a great team and we have full confidence in our squad and trust ourselves. We will go there to win. “
