The five best Gabriel Martinelli goals for Arsenal
Gabriel Martinelli bid farewell to Arsenal as he joined Al Hilal on a permanent deal yesterday, ending his seven-year spell in North London.
The Brazilian signed for the Gunners as an 18-year-old from Ituano in the fourth division of his home nation and he made his debut in a 1-0 win away to Newcastle before going on to prove himself as an incredible talent in an outstanding debut season.
He evolved from being a gamble signing to one of the best wingers in the Premier League at one point, scoring 62 goals in 278 appearances for Arsenal with these five strikes standing out as Martinelli's best for the club.
A thing of beauty ✨ pic.twitter.com/CQtPWzZgt0
Picture the scene. Arsenal are trailing 1-0 to Manchester City in the third minute of stoppage time in an early potentially defining clash for the Premier League title. Up steps Martinelli.
Eberechi Eze lifted the ball over the top for the Brazilian to calmly bring down and deftly lob over a rushing Gianluigi Donnarumma, levelling for his side in the dying moments.
A goal that required such perfect execution and brilliant skill, it proved monumental in the title race as a win over the Gunners would have given City momentum much further down the line. Martinelli prevented that with this stunning strike.
Catch him if you can 🏃♂️
Anyone else still watching Gabi's goal? 🤩 pic.twitter.com/K1P3toMJ4o
Just months after he joined Arsenal and started to show how promising he was in cup competitions, Martinelli announced himself to the Premier League with a rapid run and finish away to London rivals Chelsea.
With his side a goal and a man down, the Brazilian picked up the ball from a cleared corner in his own half and raced all the way to the Blues' goal, beating a slipping N'Golo Kanté before converting past Kepa Arrizabalaga.
The goal quickly gained plenty of praise and also criticism with some feeling he only made it all the way because Kanté slipped, but how many teenagers score goals like that at Stamford Bridge? Not many, and Martinelli was one of them.
Following a poor start to the season, Arsenal found themselves on a charge for Europe during the winter period and defeated Newcaslte, newly managed by Eddie Howe, 2-0 with Martinelli helping fire them to victory.
Fresh off the bench, the winger doubled his side's advantage with an unbelievable strike as he watched a ball over the top from Takehiro Tomiyasu all the way to meet it with a fine volley past Martin Dúbravka, something not many players could do even after 100 attempts.
His finish was a piece of brilliance that showed while he had been converted to a winger, his ability in front of goal was just as deadly as when he first signed, and he was capable of scoring any type of strike.
As Arsenal went into stoppage time of the Champions League quarter-final second leg away to Real Madrid, they were drawing 1-1 on the night and winning 4-1 on aggregate so a winner was not needed to secure their passage to the last four.
Well, Martinelli got it anyway as he raced through on goal, getting the better of Thibaut Courtois to win the match for his side and give Gunners fans a night they would never forget.
Going away to the holders of Europe's premier competition and snatch the win in such dramatic circumstances was a great feat for Mikel Arteta's side and that wouldn't have happened without their Brazilian number 11.
Making his fifth Champions League appearance of the 2025/26 season, Martinelli was eyeing a record and struck brilliantly against Club Brugge to become Arsenal's first player to score in five consecutive UCL matches.
Picking up the ball on the left flank, he cut inside and beat the hosts' defence before unleashing a curling effort that went flying into the top corner to hand his side a 3-0 victory in Belgium.
It proved to be one of his final goals in Gunners colours and what better way to grab it than with such a stunner.
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