The sight of their most valuable defender exiting the pitch during an international friendly in their ground inevitably drew fiery reactions from the Arsenal faithful son social media. 

One non-plussed fan, Jadinho97, wrote on X: “Gabriel getting injured on international duty at the Emirates has sent my head to Mars.”

Edduizy posted: “Gabriel off injured for Brazil in yet another useless friendly.” 

Another X user, @sakamvent asked: “What is the point of international breaks?  Calafiori and Gabriel are now injured, just when we thought we would catch a bit of break with injuries they start to pile up again.” 

LongJeff called the incident, “horrific horrible news.” 

BiancaKG had a more selfish reaction when she posted: “Gabriel getting injured doesn’t bode well for my FPL Team.”