Gabriel Martinelli insists that Myles Lewis-Skelly respects Erling Haalanda, despite the fact that the young man of Arsenal appeared that he mocked the Manchester City striker in yesterday’s conflict on the Emirates.
Lewis-Skelly scored the third goal of Arsenal in a 5-1 victory, and City fell apart after Haaland pulled them at the high head level.
Throughout the game, there was a topic of running with Arsenal’s players seemingly trying to Rile Haaland after Norwegian told the Gunners chief Mikel Arteta to “stay humble” after drawing 2-2 in Manchester earlier in the season.
Gabriel screamed in Hauland’s face after Martin Odegaard reached an Arsenal opener before Lewis-Skelly copied Haaland’s trademark ‘Meditation’ celebration after passing by Stefan Ortega.
Beautiful needle between Gabriel Magalhães and Erling Haaland. [@SkySportsPL]
– Gunners (@Gunnersc0m) 2. February 2025
‘Respects Erling a lot’
Haaland’s father, a former city and midfielder Leeds Alfie-Ing, had pop in Arsenal after yesterday’s match, but Martinelli insisted that he had no lack of respect for the former Borussia Dortmund man.
Brazilian striker said the Independent: “I don’t know if it’s [the celebration] He was planned, but, for sure, he respects Erling a lot.
“He scored an incredible goal, and recently he was great. We’re really happy about him.”
Haaland showed a significant winner of the Premier League on his shirt as he clapped the fans traveling at the last whistle, adding an animation between the sides.
Erling Haaland had to remind Arsenal fans 😅 pic.twitter.com/bdjbljiq3c
– b/r football (@brfootball) 2. February 2025
Arsenal is still trying to win the league – Martinelli
Martinelli added: “These are two teams they want to win the championship, so it’s a fight.
“We tried our best, and they did their best and the best. We have to win duels to win these games and that is why the game becomes hard work. We did well and we are really pleased with the result.
“We know our qualities, a team we have. Although we have injured players, we know the quality we have on the team and we try to make a club, for players who have been injured as well as for fans. We still have a long way, many games go, but we will try to do our best to win the league. “
Newcastle Next for Gunners
In the victory, Arsenal attacked Liverpool leader, who won 2-0 on Saturday in Bournemouth.
Men Arttee are lagging behind six points behind Merseysiders, who also have a game in their hand.
Arsenal’s best chance of silver accessories remains at CUP competitions, and on Wednesday they go to Newcastle, wanting to abolish a 2-0 deficit from the first part of their semifinals of EFL Cup.
Martinelli said, “Let’s go there in the game and achieve three, four, five. Let’s see, the game will be really tough, sure. 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 an amazing team and we have a lot of confidence in our detachment and we believe in ourselves. Let’s go there.”
