Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta says Gabriel can match Manchester City striker Erling Haaland’s aerial and physical strength ahead of today’s Premier League clash.

In a chat with the club’s website, Arteta stated that the Brazilian defender is mentally prepared for Haaland’s test.

“Well, it’s his qualities. One of them is that he can get up to anybody in the world.

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“He’s someone that really enjoys the defensive part, the contact, the physicality. When the game has to get to that part, he enjoys it. That’s a big quality to have, and it’s very needed with someone like him as well, who is so physical. You need to have those qualities to be efficient.”

Arteta added, “I think it’s efficiency, the word that you want to use with defenders. In relation to the quality of your opponent, how you’re going to adapt your qualities to resolve a lot of situations. If you don’t have to have any contact and it’s not needed, even better. But Gabi has both, I think.”