Freddie Ljungberg criticises ‘disrespectful’ Arsenal star after Champions League win

Freddie Ljungberg has branded Gabriel Magalhaes ‘disrespectful’ for copying Viktor Gyokeres’ solemnisation during Arsenal’s 5-1 triumph against Sporting CP successful the Champions League connected Tuesday evening.

Mikel Arteta’s broadside delivered an awesome triumph successful Europe and were 3 goals up by fractional clip done Gabriel Martinelli, Kai Havertz and GabrielMagalhaes.

Sporting pulled a extremity backmost soon aft fractional clip done Goncalo Inacio but Arsenal continued their dominance and Bukayo Saka scored their 4th from the punishment spot earlier Leandro Trossard completed the triumph with a extremity successful the 82nd minute.

Gyokeres, who has been linked with Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal, endured a hard evening with Gabriel and William Saliba some connected apical signifier to nullify the Sweden international.

But Gabriel heaped much misery connected Gyokeres aft scoring Arsenal’s 3rd extremity arsenic helium copied the Sporting striker’s solemnisation by placing his interlocked fingers successful beforehand of his face.

The Brazil planetary has not explained his determination to mimic Gyokeres, however, it appears Arsenal’s players were getting their ain backmost connected Sporting after Pedro Goncalves copied Granit Xhaka’s solemnisation aft they knocked the Gunners retired of the Europa League connected penalties astatine the Emirates Stadium past year.

But Ljungberg, who took impermanent complaint of Arsenal earlier Arteta’s accomplishment successful December 2019, has criticised Gabriel for his celebration.

‘I’m not a instrumentality of it,’ Ljungberg said during his investigation for Viaplay.

‘Of course, helium indispensable person had a batch of speech astir playing against Gyokeres and whether helium would beryllium capable to bash it. Then his constituent successful showing that helium tin grip it is rather simple.

‘But I deliberation it’s a spot disrespectful.’

Ljungberg’s chap pundit, erstwhile Sweden caput manager Lars Lagerback, added: ‘You tin ever sermon morals and morality but I don’t deliberation it’s peculiarly serious. But you tin lone instrumentality a little.

‘There is astir apt immoderate irony down it, 1 hopes, and not conscionable rudeness.’

When asked astir Gabriel’s determination to transcript his celebration, Gyokeres told Viaplay aft the game: ‘I didn’t cognize helium did that, but it’s amusive helium likes my celebration.

‘He’s invited to bargain it if helium can’t make his ain celebration.’

Speaking astir Sporting’s wide performance, Gyokeres said: ‘We were not bully capable today.

‘We didn’t play bully capable shot erstwhile we had the ball. We commencement similar against Manchester City and concede an aboriginal extremity and it’s not ever that casual to crook a crippled around… it was a pugnacious day.’

Meanwhile, Kai Havertz praised Gabriel and Saliba for keeping Gyokeres quiescent during the game.

‘He is simply a large menace and plays good for Sporting but recognition to our defence that handled him good today,’ Havertz said.

‘Today helium wasn’t that dangerous, but that’s due to the fact that we defended precise well.’

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