After his goal against West Ham, Gabriel Magalhães is now remarkably only a goal behind Gabriel Jesus for Arsenal.
The big Brazilian has always had a knack for scoring goals, scoring from corners to be specific, considering how a vast majority of his goals for us have come from that set piece. His first ever goal for us came on his debut when he headed home from…. you guessed it, a corner. This should’ve told us from day one that he would go on to be a crucial part of attacking play from set pieces!
His goal against West Ham last time out was his fourth goal of the campaign so far and his 2nd in the span of four days, after scoring in the win against Sporting in midweek. This means that he is well on his way to having the most productive campaign for us in front of goal, with his current personal best being five goals scored. His goal at the weekend also meant that he has now scored a remarkable 19 goals for Arsenal so far in his career.
As remarkable as that may be, it’s nothing to compare with the fact that he is now just a goal off his fellow countryman, Gabriel Jesus. Jesus has scored 20 goals for Arsenal since coming to the club in 2022 with the most coming from his debut campaign in which he was able to score 11 goals.
This means that he could manage only nine goals for the entirety of last season and the current one. I know that Gabriel Magalhães came two years earlier than Jesus, but you can’t deny the fact that the pair shouldn’t be anywhere close goal wise considering one is a striker!
This just goes to highlight the struggles Jesus has faced over his Arsenal career, twenty goals is what we are expecting from a striker per season, not in 2 and a half seasons which makes it a bit disappointing.
But what an excellent excellent record for Big Gabi!
BENJAMIN KENNETH
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From a.player where once thought there is a mistake in him to a player where he has been an integral part of the team is a true testament to his character
A true warrior
When we once said we lacked or had no leaders in the team
We have a few now
Onwards a d upwards
He was very timid when he first joined. Kept having brainfarts in nearly every match.
But the guy has shown character. These are the types of personalities that I have been craving as an Arsenal fan for more than a decade.
Players that have fight and heart.
Who would have thought it, we have a Centre Back (Gabriel), who’s a more prolific scorer than the so called striker (Jesus).
If I was Gabriel, I’d be ribbing Jesus all the way through training on reading that stat.
The writerc should have equally given us the total number of matches and minutes each of them have played in connection to their goal tallies.Without that the analysis is hollow and lacks merit
Stanley Essuman-Mensah,
I see what your saying minutes wise.
But with Gabriel being a Centre Half, and Jesus being a forward, therefore having more chance of scoring. It certainly doesn’t reflect very well for Jesus, that a Centre Back is just 2 goals away from out scoring him.