Arsenal is back.
After the painful loss to Manchester City, the Gunners beat Aston Villa 4:2 yesterday (Saturday) in a dramatic game, and remained at the top of the Premier League for another week.
Villa already led 1:2, but Mikel Arteta's team showed the character that characterizes them so much this season, turned and closed the story in extra time.
However, the ending of the game slightly overshadowed what happened on the grass before.
In added time, an own goal by Villa goalkeeper Divo Martins gave Arsenal the win, and in the 98th minute it was Gabriel Martinelli who scored the fourth for the Gunners.
The problem is that the Gunners striker, who was left in front of an empty goal and just had to roll the ball into the net, waved his hands and celebrated the goal, even before scoring it.
Already at that moment, it was clear that the controversial celebration would arouse great outrage.
"There was a part of the game that I didn't like," said the former player of Aston Villa, Gabriel Agbonlahor at the end.
"I didn't like Martinelli, who ran towards an empty goal and celebrated before putting the ball in the net. He's been acting like garbage for a month and he's scoring and celebrating even before he scored. It's disrespectful to the players. I didn't like it."
"I didn't like it."
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