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‘Showing Ronaldo levels’: Arsenal fans wowed by ace v Manchester United

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Some Arsenal fans have taken to Twitter to give their reaction to the performance of Gabriel Martinelli against Manchester United at Old Trafford.

Gabriel Martinelli impresses for Arsenal

Martinelli got a rare start for Arsenal in the Premier League game against Manchester United on Thursday evening.

The Brazilian forward started on the right of a four-man midfield behind attacking attacking Martin Odegaard in a 4-4-1-1 formation.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was leading the attack for Mikel Arteta’s side.

Martinelli, 20, provided the assist for Martin Odegaard’s goal in the 54th minute.

What are Arsenal fans saying?

As you can see from the tweets below, Arsenal fans were impressed by the display produced by Martinelli.

Well, some of them anyway.

The 20-year-old played well for Arsenal against United on Thursday evening.

It is now going to very hard for Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta to drop Martinelli from the team.

Gabriel Martinelli Cristiano Ronaldo
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The Brazilian impressed against United, and he will surely be looking forward to getting a run of games for Arsenal now after his display at Old Trafford.

In our view, Arteta now simply cannot drop Martinelli from the starting lineup and has to keep him in the team for now.