‘Always excited’ – Arsenal star Gabriel’s wife plays down Erling Haaland feud

Erling Haaland and Gabriel might be exchanging Christmas cards after all. As Manchester City and Arsenal battled it out for Premier League supremacy in the last two seasons, many fans became fixated on the duel between Haaland and Gabriel. Gabriel and Haaland’s rivalry exploded in their last two fixtures against one anotherGetty Haaland stoked the flames of their rivalry during the dramatic 2-2 draw between the English giants last September thanks to an unsavoury act following John Stones’ last-gasp equaliser. The Norwegian grabbed the ball out of the net and threw it at the back of Gabriel’s head. VAR reviewed the incident but deemed it unworthy of a red card while Gabriel insisted he did not remember Haaland’s gesture. The pair rowed at the end of the match and had to be separated by Arsenal teenager Myles Lewis-Skelly. However, Gabriel exacted his revenge in the reverse fixture at the Emirates in February as the Gunners ran riot in a 5-1 thrashing. Gabriel was seen screaming in Haaland’s face following Martin Odegaard’s opener inside two minutes. Lewis-Skelly even squeezed in on the Haaland mocking when he copied the Norwegian’s meditation pose after he scored Arsenal’s third. Despite the animosity between the pair during this season’s encounters, Gabriel’s wife, Gabrielle Figueiredo, insists the bad blood doesn’t leave the field. In an appearance on talkSPORT’s Hawksbee and Jacobs, Figueiredo was asked whether her husband comes home and moans about Haaland. Figueiredo replied: “No. I think he’s just always excited to play against whoever.” talkSPORTGabriel’s wife insisted there isn’t exactly a major feud between him and Haaland[/caption] Figueiredo was on air to promote the upcoming second season of Amazon Prime docuseries ‘Married to the Game’ – which gives fans an insight into the happy couple’s life. The two will also be spending plenty of time together following the devastating news Gabriel was ruled out for the season right before Figueiredo went on air. The 27-year-old went down with a hamstring injury during Arsenal’s 2-1 win over Fulham on Tuesday. He has now joined Riccardo Calafiori, Ben White and Takehiro Tomiyasu in the Gunners’ casualty ward. When told of Gabriel’s injury, Figueiredo said: “I hope that we will be having a good time together as a family at home and just not eating four things!” Figueiredo also gave an insight into how the Brazilian international will spend his time on the sidelines. GettyThe Brazilian is out for the season following a crushing injury against Fulham[/caption] “He loves to play Call of Duty, so he will be there all day,” Figueiredo said. With Gabriel out, Jakub Kiwior is the likeliest candidate to slot in next to William Saliba in the heart of Arsenal’s defence. But the Pole won’t have any time to ease into the role as the Gunners face Everton on Saturday – live on talkSPORT – before they host Real Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final next Tuesday.

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‘Always excited’ – Arsenal star Gabriel’s wife plays down Erling Haaland feud

Erling Haaland and Gabriel might be exchanging Christmas cards after all.

As Manchester City and Arsenal battled it out for Premier League supremacy in the last two seasons, many fans became fixated on the duel between Haaland and Gabriel.

Gabriel and Haaland’s rivalry exploded in their last two fixtures against one another

Haaland stoked the flames of their rivalry during the dramatic 2-2 draw between the English giants last September thanks to an unsavoury act following John Stones’ last-gasp equaliser.

The Norwegian grabbed the ball out of the net and threw it at the back of Gabriel’s head.

VAR reviewed the incident but deemed it unworthy of a red card while Gabriel insisted he did not remember Haaland’s gesture.

The pair rowed at the end of the match and had to be separated by Arsenal teenager Myles Lewis-Skelly.

However, Gabriel exacted his revenge in the reverse fixture at the Emirates in February as the Gunners ran riot in a 5-1 thrashing.

Gabriel was seen screaming in Haaland’s face following Martin Odegaard’s opener inside two minutes.

Lewis-Skelly even squeezed in on the Haaland mocking when he copied the Norwegian’s meditation pose after he scored Arsenal’s third.

Despite the animosity between the pair during this season’s encounters, Gabriel’s wife, Gabrielle Figueiredo, insists the bad blood doesn’t leave the field.

In an appearance on talkSPORT’s Hawksbee and Jacobs, Figueiredo was asked whether her husband comes home and moans about Haaland.

Figueiredo replied: “No. I think he’s just always excited to play against whoever.”

Gabriel’s wife insisted there isn’t exactly a major feud between him and Haaland[/caption]

Figueiredo was on air to promote the upcoming second season of Amazon Prime docuseries ‘Married to the Game’ – which gives fans an insight into the happy couple’s life.

The two will also be spending plenty of time together following the devastating news Gabriel was ruled out for the season right before Figueiredo went on air.

The 27-year-old went down with a hamstring injury during Arsenal’s 2-1 win over Fulham on Tuesday.

He has now joined Riccardo Calafiori, Ben White and Takehiro Tomiyasu in the Gunners’ casualty ward.

When told of Gabriel’s injury, Figueiredo said: “I hope that we will be having a good time together as a family at home and just not eating four things!”

Figueiredo also gave an insight into how the Brazilian international will spend his time on the sidelines.

The Brazilian is out for the season following a crushing injury against Fulham[/caption]

“He loves to play Call of Duty, so he will be there all day,” Figueiredo said.

With Gabriel out, Jakub Kiwior is the likeliest candidate to slot in next to William Saliba in the heart of Arsenal’s defence.

But the Pole won’t have any time to ease into the role as the Gunners face Everton on Saturday – live on talkSPORT – before they host Real Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final next Tuesday.