The Gunners centre-back is currently away on international duty with his country and has already made his presence felt during training, sending 17-year-old wonderkid Endrick flying to the turf on his first day with the senior squad.
Meanwhile, Gabriel appears to have taken a similar attitude with Newcastle midfielder Guimaraes, having not forgotten his role in Arsenal's 1-0 defeat to Newcastle earlier this month.
Among all the drama at St James Park, Guimaraes appeared to elbow Arsenal's Jorginho in the head on the stroke of half-time, but VAR were not interested, leaving spectators outraged.
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The Premier League's Independent Key Match Incidents Panel subsequently agreed that the 26-year-old should have been sent off for his actions.
While a damning audio from the VAR room exposed officials, who claimed it was not "serious foul play", advising referee Anthony Madley to wave play on.
And fans reckon Gabriel still has a grudge on his compatriot after he was pictured with a stoney-faced expression during Guimaraes' birthday celebrations with the Brazil camp.
Replying to the post on Reddit, Arsenal fans were clearly delighted at Gabriel's behaviour.
"Big Gabi bleeds red&white," one commented.
Another added: "Bl***y hell who arranged Gabi to sit across Joelinton and Bruno?"
A third wrote: "I was dead when I saw this, you know Big Gaby is still pi**ed…"
A fourth joked: "Gabby XL: “time for your birthday bumps, Bruno”. 26 forearm smashes."
While another chimed in: "True gunner."
The full transcript of the VAR audio for Anthony Gordon’s controversial goal against Arsenal has been released.
Newcastle defeated the Gunners 1-0 at St James' Park earlier this month courtesy of Gordon's tap-in, which went on to be checked by VAR for three incidents.
However, Referee Stuart Attwell and VAR official Andy Madley didn't believe there was enough in Joelinton's challenge to rule out Gordon's winner, while they couldn’t find conclusive evidence the ball had exited the pitch, or that Gordon was offside.
Here is the transcript of the incident, courtesy of the PGMOL and Sky Sports:
AR1: Staying in staying in! Still in, still in, still in!AVAR: No, I agree. You can't go on that angle. Although it looks out, you've got the curvature of the ball.
VAR: Ok go two frames forward, you can see the ball is already back in play/on the line. So that's fine, run that through please.
AVAR: Right, now you've got a challenge on the back post.
VAR: Now doing a potential check on Gabriel. So have you got high behind (the goal - camera angle). I don't see a specific foul on Gabriel. I see two hands on his back but I don't see anything of a push that warrants him flying forward like that
AVAR: Right Stuart there's a potential, there is a potential for handball but it's not the goalscorer giving the handball.
VAR: No, it's not the goalscorer and it's not deliberate. Right Stuart (Burt, assistant VAR) I need you to look at the screen. So I'm seeing the ball comes off Joelinton with no specific foul there. Can you just confirm that the player is onside as well when it comes off Joelinton?
Can we just confirm that is off Joelinton? And the point of contact on Joelinton?
RO: Just looking for a better angle to find the point of contact for you.
VAR: And we just need to check that he is in an onside position then as we run it through.
RO: Struggling to find a point of contact here.
VAR: Ok, ok, keep going down, roll that forward, roll that forward. Ok, so it's going to be off Joelinton's hip potentially.
Ok so roll that forward, are you happy that is the best point of contact that we've got?
AVAR: Yep, from the angles that we have available.
VAR: So check the offside now.
Ok so he's clearly on, looking at Gabriel's body position in there, his shoulder.
AVAR: Yeah, but you've got the second rearmost is the goalkeeper.
VAR: Yeah, that's right. Yeah.
AVAR: So now, you've got to decide, because you've got… I don't know where the ball is because the ball is being hidden from Joelinton here. So you don't know where the ball is. And you've got no conclusive evidence of Gordon being ahead of the ball.
So with the reverse angle that you've got, you've not got any opportunity there of where the ball is. What that in my opinion, you have to award the goal in my opinion.VAR: So we go check complete on the goal? So on-field decision is goal, yeah?
AVAR: Confirmed.
VAR: Stuart, it's Mads. We're confirming the on-field decision of goal. On-field decision of goal.
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Fans think Bruno Guimaraes should have been sent off against Arsenal for an incident involving Jorginho.
It has been a feisty first half at St James' Park, with the scores all level at the break.
However, there have been plenty of talking points from the first half, with VAR at the centre of controversy once again in the Premier League.
After VAR decided Kai Havertz's sliding challenge on Sean Longstaff on the touchline was just a yellow card, Guimaraes may have escaped a red.
The Newcastle midfielder appeared to elbow his opponent in the head, but VAR were not interested. You can watch the clip below.
Meanwhile, supporters have slammed the decision "disgraceful" on social media.
"knew exactly what he was doing. Both he and Havertz should be off," one person tweeted.
"Absolutely disgusting from VAR," another added.
While a third wrote: "Now this is a red card, going in with the elbow like that…. The games absolutely gone. One rule for one player and one rule for another. It’s crazy how disgracefully awful the consistency in such a high level sport."
"Clear red. It was intentional as well," a fourth tweeted.
Do you think Guimaraes should still be on the pitch? Let us know in the comments.
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