Arsenal legend Martin Keown has heaped praise onto Gabriel Magalhaes after another superb performance against Atletico Madrid last night.

The Gunners thrashed Diego Simeone’s side 4-0 at the Emirates Stadium, with Gabriel opening the scoring with a trademark header from a set piece.

The Brazilian centre-back is extremely prolific from those kinds of positions, and Keown admitted that even if teams know what he’s going to do, he just can’t be stopped.

Declan Rice also set up the Gabriel goal with a perfect free-kick delivery, but it’s fair to say that former defender Keown was really impressed by Gabriel in particular last night.

Arsenal centre-back Gabriel Magalhaes earns big praise

Watch the video below as Keown, on punditry duty for TNT Sports, singled out Gabriel for praise and described him as “ridiculous” after last night’s big victory…

"You know what he's going to do, but you can't stop him."

More set-piece supremacy from Arsenal.

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“That’s an emphatic message and performance from Arsenal tonight,” Keown said.

“The goals, the Rice, the delivery, always on the money. Gabriel, you know what he’s going to do, but you can’t stop him. His...