Arsenal secured an ideal six-from-six document within the Champions League final evening with a 3-0 win over Membership Brugge, and it was a landmark evening for Gabriel Martinelli.
Mikel Arteta’s aspect approached the sixth continental fixture in search of a response after final Saturday’s 2-1 loss to Aston Villa within the Premier League, and it required 25 minutes for the league leaders to strike first, as Noni Madueke opened the scoring.
The previous Chelsea winger later elevated the London aspect’s lead quickly after the interval, earlier than Martinelli sealed all three factors for the guests, confirming their sixth consecutive win on this season’s competitors.
By taking all three factors on Wednesday, Arsenal grew to become the fourth English membership — following Liverpool in 2021–22, Manchester Metropolis in 2023–24 and the Reds once more in 2024–25 — to register six straight wins firstly of a Champions League season, and Martinelli produced a membership milestone within the course of.
The 24-year-old slipped the ball by way of Membership Brugge right-back Hugo Siquet’s legs earlier than blasting an unstoppable strike past Dani van den Heuvel from exterior the field.
As per Opta, Martinelli’s newest strike means the Brazilian has discovered the online in 5 straight Champions League fixtures for Arsenal, a sequence no different Gunners participant has ever produced within the match.
Not since Thierry Henry scored in six consecutive matches within the UEFA Cup over twenty years in the past has any participant from the membership recorded the continental landmark.
Landmark
It has been over twenty years since an Arsenal star matched something related, with Thierry Henry hitting the goal in six UEFA Cup matches in a row—the final time anybody from the membership delivered that kind of European rhythm.
Martinelli’s objectives on this marketing campaign have come towards Athletic Membership, Olympiacos, Atletico Madrid, Bayern Munich and Membership Brugge, and the Brazilian now has the prospect to attract degree with Henry’s historic run when Arsenal go to Inter Milan on January 20.
By profitable on Wednesday, Arteta’s males stayed three factors clear on the high of their Champions League part, maintaining Bayern Munich as their closest pursuers.
Though Martinelli has been delivering outstanding numbers in entrance of purpose, hypothesis has emerged suggesting Arsenal may think about shifting him on.
Since his swap from Ituano in 2019, the ahead has remained a continuing a part of the squad and is closing in on 250 matches for the North London aspect.
Martinelli will hope to retain his place in Arteta’s beginning XI towards bottom-placed Wolverhampton Wanderers on the Emirates Stadium on Saturday, thirteenth December.
