{"id":293885,"date":"2025-11-15T20:53:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T20:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/293885\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T20:53:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T20:53:10","slug":"brazil-2-0-senegal-premier-league-stars-shine-but-concern-for-arsenal-as-gabriel-limps-off-in-victory-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/293885\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil 2-0 Senegal: Premier League stars shine but concern for Arsenal as Gabriel limps off in victory | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal defender Gabriel has sparked an injury concern for the Gunners ahead of the north London derby after limping off in Brazil&#8217;s 2-0 victory over Senegal at the Emirates.<\/p>\n<p>Brazil have confirmed that Gabriel was forced off after 64 minutes with a groin injury as goals from Chelsea&#8217;s Estevao and Manchester United&#8217;s Casemiro sealed the win in London.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal fans will anxiously wait to hear the severity of their defender&#8217;s injury ahead of the north London derby against Tottenham on Sunday November 23, live on Sky Sports.<\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/skysports-gabriel-brazil_7082837.jpg\"   alt=\"Gabriel went down with discomfort before being taken off\" data-testid=\"article-image-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Image:<br \/>\n        Gabriel went down with discomfort before being taken off<\/p>\n<p>Gabriel is set to be assessed on Sunday with no decision taken yet over whether he will travel with the Brazil squad to France ahead of Tuesday&#8217;s friendly against Tunisia.<\/p>\n<p>The five-time World Cup winners have already secured their passage to North America next summer, but suffered a shock loss to Japan during the October international break.<\/p>\n<p>They were able to bounce back at the home of the Gunners though, with some familiar faces stealing the show.<\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/skysports-estevao-willian_7082832.jpg\"   alt=\"Chelsea teenager Estevao opened the scoring for Brazil\" data-testid=\"article-image-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Image:<br \/>\n        Chelsea teenager Estevao opened the scoring for Brazil<\/p>\n<p>Eighteen-year-old Estevao has become one of the brightest young stars at Carlo Ancelotti&#8217;s disposal, and he opened the scoring just before the half-hour mark.<\/p>\n<p>Latching on to a loose ball on the right-hand side of the penalty area, the teenager whipped a shot into the far corner to beat former Chelsea shot stopper Edouard Mendy.<\/p>\n<p>The lead was doubled just seven minutes later as an unmarked Casemiro was picked out from a free-kick before applying the finishing touch.<\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/skysports-casemiro-brazil_7082830.jpg\"   alt=\"Casemiro celebrates scoring Brazil's second against Senegal\" data-testid=\"article-image-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Image:<br \/>\n        Casemiro celebrates scoring Brazil&#8217;s second against Senegal<\/p>\n<p>Real Madrid pair Vinicius Junior and Rodrygo, as well as Casemiro&#8217;s Man Utd team-mate Matheus Cunha, were also among the names to start in north London.<\/p>\n<p>Ancelotti will have another chance to evaluate his players on Tuesday when they travel to Lille to take on Tunisia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenal defender Gabriel has sparked an injury concern for the Gunners ahead of the north London derby 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