Gabriel Magalhaes was furious at one of his Arsenal team-mates during his side’s victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Saturday evening saw Arsenal claim a crucial 2-0 victory over Wolves and propelled Mikel Arteta’s side to a point lead over Manchester City at the Premier League summit, having played a game more than the reigning champions.
It was a much-needed win, with the Gunners having conceded the initiative in the Premier League title race last Sunday amid a 2-0 defeat against Aston Villa, before being knocked out of the Champions League by Bayern Munich three days later.
And while Arsenal got the job done against Wolves, the pressure of their title challenge was at times displayed on the pitch.
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While protecting a 1-0 lead with just 10 minutes remaining, Gabriel was furious at team-mate Kai Havertz after the German allowed Rayan Ait-Nouri to skip past him.
Describing the incident, BBC Sports journalist Jonathan Jurejko said: “Gabriel gobs off at one of his team-mates. The one who let Rayan Ait-Nouri run at him.
“Standards are high when you’re going for the Premier League title.”
After the game, Arteta insisted he was confident his team were back in the conversation for the Premier League title.
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The Arsenal boss told Sky Sports: "At the moment, I can't tell you what the difference is. At the moment, we are fighting for the league again.
"We've had our first experience in the Champions League for a lot of those boys. We've come quite far, not as far yet as we want but we want to still improve a lot.
"This is where we want to be [at the top of the table]. We lost it last week at home to Aston Villa.
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"We didn't deserve to lose it, but we're top now at least for a day so let's see what happens.
"We're going to have to earn the win on Tuesday against Chelsea. We'll give it a real go."
Topics: Arsenal, Gabriel Magalhaes, Kai Havertz, Mikel Arteta, Premier League, Wolverhampton Wanderers
Chris Byfield