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'This is good' - Arsenal fans love what Gabriel Magalhaes has done amid injury concern

Arsenal's defensive problems were on show for everyone to see last Friday as they slumped to a 2-0 defeat to newly-promoted Brentford.

The Gunners were very disappointing against the Bees, with the second goal in particular a very sloppy one to concede from the visitors' perspective.

Ben White showed glimpses of why the north London club spent £50million on the England international, but couldn't prevent a poor defeat in the Premier League's opening match of the 2021/22 season.

White was playing alongside Pablo Mari in the centre of defence, with Mikel Arteta limited on options at the back due to injury concerns.

Gabriel Magalhaes, who impressed throughout his first campaign as an Arsenal player last season following his move from Lille, is still recovering from a problem with his right knee.

The 23-year-old Brazilian spent the summer on international duty with his country as they clinched gold in the Olympics.

However, Gabriel suffered a knee injury, meaning he was absent from Arsenal's opening day defeat and is set to miss out of the Gunners' home clash with Chelsea on Sunday afternoon.

The north London club said this in a statement about Gabriel earlier this month: "Gabriel sustained an injury to his right knee whilst with the Brazilian Olympic squad.

"Gabriel is currently being assessed and is aiming to be back in training in the forthcoming weeks."

Now, some new pictures have been released of Gabriel at Arsenal's training ground London Colney.

The Gunners fan base have been reacting to the latest images that have been released of Gabriel going through his paces at the club's training facility.

Arsenal supporters have been reacting to the latest pictures of Gabriel Magalhaes in training (Reddit)
Arsenal supporters have been reacting to the latest pictures of Gabriel Magalhaes in training (Reddit)
Arsenal supporters have been reacting to the latest pictures of Gabriel Magalhaes in training (Reddit)

Speaking about his defender last October, Arteta could not help but heap praise on how he has adapted to life in England.

He told Arsenal's official website: “We saw qualities in him that is exactly what we wanted, but then you move him from France to here at an early age, without talking the language, to adapt to a new way of playing as well and he has done it really quickly and is showing a great mentality as well because we threw him in against Fulham after three or four training sessions and you could see the performance he had there.”

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