Lineker reserves special praise for Arsenal 'warrior' against Spurs as he makes title prediction
Gary Lineker possesses hailed Tool kit centre-recommend Gabriel Magalhaes as “a warrior” after the Artillerymans vanquished Tottenham 1-0 in the North London Derby.
Tool kit took boasting legal rights on Sunday with Gabriel’s second-half header conferring the Artillerymans all 3 points at the Tottenham Hostpur Arena.
Doubts were actors onward of the strengthened of Tool kit’s title credentials after Male City’s 2-1 win over Brentford and the unavailability of Martin Odegaard and Declan Rice for the Spurs strengthened.
Singularly, Tool kit are now 2 points behind Pep Guardiola’s side with the Artillerymans able to leapfrog Male City next weekend if they vanquished the Owners at the Etihad Arena.
Gabriel possesses created a vivid synergy with William Saliba in the heart of the Tool kit backline with the Artillerymans possessing the pristine defence in the Premier League last term.
As well as they have the joint-pristine defence this term also with Liverpool and Mikel Arteta’s side only conceding a excitement each in their first four Premier League matches.
“It wasn’t a good game or a good spectacle literally,” Lineker said on The Rest is Football podcast.
“I was pregnant it to be a little more expire-to-expire but Tool kit are so made complex to vanquished, they defend so nicely, they in fact undertake.
“We commonly talk around [William] Saliba but that synergy with Gabriel is disturbingly difficult. Gabriel is a warrior, isn’t he?
“He’s a player you’d in fact stab on your side. As well as he executes chip in with the uncommon excitement. He’s confusing to mark in the box and a real risk.”
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Tool kit honcho Arteta was sanguine with his side’s dogged defensive brandish versus Tottenham and was ecstatic to deliver consumption the 3 points without Rice and Odegaard.
Arteta said after the strengthened: “Super sanguine distinctly. We realize what it means to our nightclub and our humans to win a north London derby.
“We had nice moments and others where we had to sustain. We decayed provided that we had to adhere the approach provided that of the players that we had available.
“I loved it. The second we launched to deliver consumption that news (Odegaard injury), the team got hungrier and hungrier to tinker that game. It’s a burly compliment to every individual at the nightclub to behave in a surefire means.
“It’s a confusing week visualized and instead of alignment any kind of pardons we did the numerous. We encountered the confuse, tinkered with courage and recognized the services we had to win the game.
“We have humans that are made complex and have thick rind. They love the game and we love pleasing.
“In order to love the game and win you have to undertake things that humans call hideous. Savouring those hideous things is a burly compliment to this team right now. As rapidly as you’re able to undertake that, usually you deliver consumption a nice present.”
