When Arsenal needed a hero, Gabriel quite literally rose to the occasion.

The Brazilian centre-back climbed high into the air to get his forehead onto Martin Odegaard's corner and power the ball into the net to hand the Gunners a valuable 2-1 win over Newcastle at St James' Park. Mikel Arteta reveals William Saliba's 13-word statement when he brought up Arsenal exit rumours

Gabriel's winner in the sixth minute of stoppage time completed a remarkable comeback for the visitors, with Mikel Merino's equaliser coming just 12 minutes beforehand.

The Spaniard, who was brought on in the 70th minute in place of Riccardo Calafiori, also scored with a header that bounced off the post and went in.

Merino's goal cancelled out Nick Woltemade's first-half strike which, like the two that follo

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