Micah Richards sends brutal warning to Arsenal star after ‘disrespectful’ midweek decision

Micah Richards has warned Arsenal prima Gabriel Magalhaes his determination to mock Viktor Gyokeres with his extremity solemnisation volition ‘come backmost to wound him’.

Gabriel was connected the scoresheet arsenic Arsenal thrashed Sporting Lisbon 5-1 successful the Champions League connected Tuesday night.

Gyokeres had a quiescent nighttime up against Gabriel and William Saliba but has different been Europe’s astir prolific marksmen this play with his celebration, locking his fingers unneurotic and pulling his hands implicit his face, an astir play occurrence. 

After his extremity against Sporting, Gabriel mimicked Gyokeres’ solemnisation with former Gunners prima Freddie Ljungberg branding the determination ‘disrespectful.’

Gyokeres himself made airy of the situation, urging Gabriel ‘to bargain it if helium can’t make his ain celebration’.

But erstwhile Manchester City prima Richards has warned incidents specified arsenic those tin travel backmost to gaunt players.

Richards told the Rest is Football podcast: ‘I don’t rather hold with his Gyokeres celebration, we don’t request to spell there. Be the bigger person.’

Having perfectly nary of it, Alan Shearer interjected: ‘Oh what a load of s**t! If helium wants to bash it, fto him bash it!’

Richards continued: ‘I’m each for amusive but these moments present ever travel backmost to wound you. I emotion his assurance and emotion the information helium tin bring it.

‘But wherefore is simply a defender adjacent reasoning astir doing a Gyokeres celebration? I cognize he’s bully astatine acceptable pieces but travel on.’

Arsenal are backmost successful Premier League enactment distant to West Ham United connected Saturday evening.

Gabriel appeared to beryllium struggling with a sound successful the second stages of Tuesday’s triumph successful Lisbon with Mikel Arteta explaining successful his pre-match property league connected Friday the defender did not bid with the squad connected Thursday.

‘We volition hold and see,’ Arteta said erstwhile asked astir Gabriel’s fitness.

Pressed connected further wounded updates, helium added: ‘Not a batch due to the fact that we person different grooming session. We person to spot however the boys are today.

‘A fewer of them weren’t capable to bid yesterday but hopefully they volition beryllium capable to today.’

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