Richarlison couldn’t resist taking intention at one in every of his Brazil teammates after Tottenham’s win over Arsenal.
The Gunners slipped to a 1-0 defeat to their north London rivals in Hong Kong on Thursday.
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Spurs ran out slender victors because of a surprising aim from Pape Matar Sarr.
The midfielder lobbed Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya from simply exterior the centre circle on the stroke of half-time.
And his match-winning efficiency earned him the person of the match award on the Kai Tak Stadium.
After the match, Spurs had been additionally offered with the Herbalgy Trophy following their win within the pre-season fixture.
And his teammate Richarlison celebrated by posing with each trophies for a submit shared to his Instagram.
He additionally tagged compatriot and Arsenal defender Gabriel Magalhaes within the submit, which was captioned with an eyes emoji.
Gabriel was not concerned within the match after aggravating a earlier harm earlier in his aspect’s Asian tour.
The 27-year-old did produce a cheeky response of his personal after recognizing his worldwide team-mate’s add.
In a snap posted to his Instagram story, Gabriel confirmed off his three Premier League Participant of the Match awards from conferences with Spurs.
Alongside the trophies, he tagged Richarlison and added a sweating emoji.
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Gabriel had additionally circled the fixtures on the awards, highlighting they had been from earlier north London derbies.
He was handed the honour for his performances throughout the final two seasons, with the primary in a 3-2 away victory for the Gunners in April 2024.
In the meantime, Gabriel took residence the award in each league conferences final season, a 1-0 away win in September and a 2-1 residence victory in January.
And regardless of the very fact it gave the impression to be light-hearted enjoyable between associates, supporters could not assist however benefit from the banter.
“Richarlison has nicely and actually rattled Gabriel in a pre season pleasant,” stated one fan on X, previously referred to as Twitter.
“Richarlison went fishing and caught a shark,” stated one other.
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Whereas others hoped for an escalation within the social media struggle.
“Simply think about Richarlison posting his Europa trophy medal and tag him,” stated a 3rd fan.
Who has gained probably the most north London derbies?
These outcomes prolonged Arsenal’s unbeaten aggressive file towards their bitter rivals.
Spurs haven’t gained a aggressive north London derby since Could 2022, a run which stretches again six matches.
Nevertheless, they’re now the winners of the primary derby performed exterior of England.
General, Arsenal have gained 89 aggressive conferences with Spurs, while their rivals have 67 victories together with 55 attracts from 211 matches.
As for Richarlison and Gabriel, the pair’s light-hearted trade follows a number of years as worldwide team-mates.
Having beforehand performed collectively at under-20 degree, they’ve featured alongside one another 4 occasions for the senior nationwide crew.
It will likely be one other 4 months earlier than they line up as opponents, although.
The primary north London derby of the season will happen on the Emirates Stadium on November 22.
Spurs are then scheduled to host the reverse fixture on February 21.