GABRIEL MARTINELLI limped off the pitch with an ankle injury less than 20 minutes into Arsenal’s clash with Brighton.
The Brazilian was crocked by Moises Caicedo a few moments after he almost took off Kaoru Mitoma’s head with a dangerously-high challenge.
Martinelli tried his best to battle through the pain but was forced off in the 18th minute.
Gunners fans were left furious at Martinelli’s withdrawal, which they claimed was the result of an intentional foul from Caicedo.
One tweeted: “Caicedo gets revenge on Martinelli with a late challenge from behind.”
Another said: “Caicedo taking the revenge of Martinelli punch on Mitoma.”
And another said: “Caicedo revenge for Mitoma I guess.”
One remarked: “Love that from Caicedo. Left one on Martinelli.
“Revenge for Mitoma.”
And another chimed in: “Caicedo was trying to take revenge.”
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Their fury exploded when Caicedo and Mitoma slapped hands with one another after the foul.
On Gooner tweeted: “It’s cool how Mitoma congratulated his teammate Caicedo for a challenge that injured an opponent and ultimately forced him out of the game.
“F*****g classless trash, that.”
Another said: “That handshake at the end showed the bad tackle on Martinelli was deliberate in retaliation to his tackle on Mitoma seconds before.”
Other footie fans, however, loved the embrace.
One said: “Love that from Caicedo, handshake with Mitoma after in all.”
Another said: “That handshake from Mitoma to Caicedo though.”
Arsenal started the match four points behind first-placed Manchester City – who put the heat on them with a 3-0 win over Everton at Goodison Park earlier this afternoon.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
