Gabriel Magalhaes made a cheeky dig at Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang following Arsenal's 1-0 away victory against Chelsea on Sunday afternoon.
The Gunners secured the three points at Stamford Bridge thanks to Gabriel's second-half winner. It was a huge win for Mikel Arteta's side, as they have returned to the top of the Premier League table - just 24 hours after Manchester City displaced them.
All of the talk before the game was about Aubameyang's first meeting against Arsenal since he was released in February. The Gabon international fanned the flames ahead of the clash by saying, "Arsenal, it's nothing personal... I'm back, I'm Blue, I'm ready - let's go".
And it seems Aubameyang's message was noticed by his former team-mates. Within an hour of Arsenal's win, Gabriel took to Twitter to write, "NOTHING PERSONAL .. LONDON IS RED."
Many Arsenal fans suspected Aubameyang's pre-match comments would give their team motivation to win Sunday afternoon's game. That famously happened last season when Ivan Toney tweeted, "Nice kick about with the boys" after Brentford dismantled Arsenal.
Arteta then used Toney's comments to motivate his players ahead of the return game at the Emirates, which the Gunners won. They then inflicted another defeat on Brentford in September, leaving Gabriel to jokingly tweet, "Nice kick about with the boys."
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Arteta described Aubameyang as "very dangerous" ahead of Sunday afternoon's game and would've been dreading a goal from the forward. The decision to release him in February was controversial, as many fans were furious to see a player of that calibre leave.
Aubameyang was dropped by Arteta in December following a disciplinary breach and never played for the club again. He then went on to join Barcelona and score 11 goals in 17 LaLiga games to show Arsenal what they were missing.
Aubameyang was expected to remain at Barcelona after his impressive half-season but was snapped up by Chelsea late in the summer. He's made a decent start to life at Stamford Bridge, scoring three goals to prove he's still a threat at this level.
Yet Aubameyang couldn't make a meaningful impact on Sunday afternoon, earning a 4/10 rating from Mirror Football's chief football writer John Cross. Arteta was delighted his young centre-backs Gabriel and William Saliba nullified the experienced striker.
"For such a young team, the maturity, composure and resilience they showed was phenomenal," said Arteta. "Winning in this stadium against this opponent is another step for this team, to keep believing they can do it under pressure and against big opponents."
Chelsea boss Graham Potter admitted: "We played against a team in a really good moment, they boys gave everything. A huffing and puffing performance without the quality we need. You have to look at where the two teams are at, they’ve been playing together a long time. We’re in a different phase."
