Arsenal star Eberechi Eze has responded to a message from teammate Gabriel following Sunday\u2019s North London Derby.<\/p>\n
Eze was the standout performer at the Emirates, scoring the first Premier League hat-trick of his career as Arsenal thrashed Tottenham 4\u20131. It was a defining moment for the midfielder, who had been heavily linked with Spurs over the summer before Arsenal ultimately secured his signature.<\/p>\n
Gabriel made headlines after the match for taking a playful dig at Richarlison, and Eze quickly backed him up.
\nDespite missing the derby due to an injury picked up with Brazil, Gabriel still joined in the celebrations. He posted a photo from Arsenal\u2019s dressing room wearing Eze\u2019s No.10 shirt while holding both the match ball and his Premier League Player of the Month award \u2014 and notably tagged Spurs forward Richarlison, referencing the latter\u2019s cheeky pre-season post.<\/p>\n
Eze soon commented beneath the post, writing: \u201cYou are the best,\u201d along with laughing emojis.<\/p>\n
Gabriel\u2019s absence also created an opportunity for summer signing Piero Hincapi\u00e9. The \u00a345m defender finally made his first Premier League start and delivered a confident, composed performance. With Gabriel now sidelined, Hincapi\u00e9 will be pushing for a regular place in the starting lineup \u2014 adding to the frustration for Tottenham, who had also shown interest in the Ecuadorian over the summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Arsenal star Eberechi Eze has responded to a message from teammate Gabriel following Sunday\u2019s North London Derby. Eze was the standout performer at the Emirates, scoring the first Premier League hat-trick of his career as Arsenal thrashed Tottenham 4\u20131. It was a defining moment for the midfielder, who had been heavily linked with Spurs over …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":55275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Eberechi-Eze-Gabriel-Richarlison-750x422-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55274"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55276,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55274\/revisions\/55276"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/55275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}