Arsenal star Gabriel Magalhaes appears to MOCK Viktor Gyokeres with trademark celebration after scoring header against Sporting Lisbon

Arsenal defender Gabriel Magalhaes appeared to mock Viktor Gyokeres after scoring on Tuesday night.

The centre-back rose highest to head home Arsenal’s third goal in the first-half of their Champions League clash, as the Gunners ran riot in Portugal.

After scoring, Gabriel wheeled away in celebration and interlocked his hands before raising them to his face – identical to the trademark celebration of Gyokeres.

The Brazilian was quickly swarmed by his teammates but users on social media were quick to pick up on the gesture made by the central defender.

Earlier in the match, Gabriel came out on top against Swedish star Gyokeres in a number of duels and was even seen jeering the crowd after doing so.

Earlier in the match, Arsenal took the lead through Gabriel Martinelli after a neat ball across the box by Jurrien Timber before Kai Havertz doubled their lead shortly after.

The Sporting Lisbon star is known for locking his fingers and raising them above his face

Gabriel then got their third after rising highest from a corner and powering his header into the back of the net defiantly. 

After the half-time break, Sporting got back into the match through a Goncalo Inacio header before the Gunners hit back through Bukayo Saka from the penalty spot.

Prior to the match, Rio Ferdinand revealed what it would take for Sporting Lisbon star Gyokeres to reach the ‘top bracket’ of forwards.

Speaking ahead of Sporting’s clash with Arsenal on TNT Sports, Ferdinand said: ‘I wouldn’t put him in the top bracket yet because he hasn’t done it in a top league.

‘With all due respect, the Portuguese league is a very good league but it’s not a top league.

‘If he signs for a team in the Premier League, he’ll be having to prove who he is, reshaping himself and presenting himself to everybody under that spotlight and going: this is who I am.  

‘If he wants to win, he goes to Manchester United… I’m joking! The key point is he knows the manager. 

‘For a transition into another league, to go with somebody that knows his game perfectly and can get the best out of you – and he’s proved he can do that somewhere else – and you’re going to go somewhere where he’s rebuilding and you’re part of that process with him, he’ll be licking his lips at something like that’.

The Brazilian rose highest to power home a third goal for Arsenal on the stroke of half-time

Gabriel was quickly swarmed by his teammates after scoring Arsenal’s third goal of the half

He has 16 goals in just 11 Primeira Liga games this term, five in four in the Champions League, a few more in the Portuguese cups and nine in six (plus four assists) in the Nations League for Sweden, where he has a potentially fearsome partnership with Alexander Isak.

His overall record for Sporting is 67 in 69 matches, plus 19 assists. Gyokeres’ goal celebration, where he covers half of his face with his hands to resemble a mask, has had fans everywhere copying him and debating its origin.