Arsenal fans will love the four-word message Declan Rice sent Gabriel Martinelli after career milestone

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Gabriel Martinelli scored his 50th goal for Arsenal during the Gunners’ victory at Portman Road.

Arsenal beat Ipswich Town 4-0 to put Liverpool’s Premier League title celebrations on pause for another week. 

After some joyous action in midweek, Mikel Arteta’s side transferred their form from the Champions League to the Premier League, dismantling Ipswich away from home. 

Martinelli netted his 50th goal for Arsenal and was joined on the scoresheet by Leandro Trossard and Ethan Nwaneri.

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Declan Rice sends message to Gabriel Martinelli

Just as he did at the Santiago Bernabeu to sink Real Madrid, Martinelli scored a finely worked goal assisted by Mikel Merino to contribute to the win against Ipswich. 

In what has been a trialling season for Martinelli on the injury and form front, the Brazilian has now scored in consecutive games, as he hopes to end the campaign on a high. 

After the win at Portman Road, the winger took to social media to celebrate hitting the 50-goal milestone, posting a series of images on Instagram. 

With a caption that read, ‘50 goals for the Arsenal. Proud’, warm wishes flooded the comment section, with Declan Rice’s message being one that fans in particular will love. 

‘He’s from Sao Paulo,’ Rice wrote, paying homage to Arsenal fans’ new chant for Martinelli, a song that was created at the Bernabeu. 

Merino was also in the comment section, praising Martinelli for being ‘on fire’ with his recent contribution to the goals.

Martinelli was a livewire against Ipswich

With the memories of Madrid still fresh in his mind, Martinelli tormented Ipswich with his pace and positioning.

While the winger’s dribbling usually troubles opposition teams, it was instead the Brazilian’s presence around goal that hindered the Tractor Boys.

As seen above, Martinelli fired a total of five shots on goal, one of which was his goal, and the other four were blocked by the opposition defenders. 

Another prominent part of the 23-year-old’s game was his desire in duels, winning 100% of his aerial duels and 50% of the ground duels he faced.

It was a promising performance marked with a special goal for Martinelli, who is showing form at the perfect time ahead of the summer.