Gabriel Martinelli revealed that he used every last drop of energy to score the winner to beat Real Madrid 2-1 at the Bernabeu and crate a golden moment in our history.
The Brazilian winger raced from the halfway line in the 93rd minute to stroke the ball past Thibaut Courtois to put the icing on the cake as we reached the semi finals of the Champions League in style by winning both legs against the 15-time winners and current holders.
And Gabi was quick to suggest that it was his greatest Gunners goal, and worth the extra effort with the clock ticking down and our place in the last four already secure.
“That was the last thing in the tank! I tried just to go in behind and pray for Merino to see me and play that ball. He found a really good pass and I was through, so I just tried to keep calm and just put it inside the goal. I'm really happy.
“We are buzzing. It’s really good to win these type of games against Madrid here at the Bernabeu, so we're really happy. In my opinion, we deserved the result at Emirates Stadium and here as well. We know our qualities, we know our team and I think this team, this family, we deserve it. It's something that's going to be in our hearts forever.”
Gabi was delighted that his goal capped off a remarkable trip for all those Gooners who headed over to the Spanish capital, and that our squad have created memories for all our supporters across the globe over the past eight days.
Now there’s a huge opportunity to add to those when we face Paris Saint-Germain in the semi-finals later this month, and Gabi believes that we have what it takes to progress een further as we aim to get to our second Champions League final in our history.
On the support, he added: “It's really good to see them happy with our performance here, and at Emirates Stadium as well. It's really good for us to go over there after the game to thank them because they've been so good this season. We just try to give our best to make them happy.
“We're going to try our best, we're going to keep pushing. We know it's a dream for every player to reach the Champions League semi-final, so we're really happy but we're going to keep our feet on the floor and keep working because we know that we haven’t achieved anything yet.
“We're confident, we know our qualities, we know the team we have, and we're going for it.”
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