Gabriel celebrated his birthday with teammates-Nacho Monreal, Emiliano Martinez and Santi Cazorla (Photo: Instagram/Emiliano Martinez)
Arsenal defender, Gabriel Paulista celebrated his 26th birthday alongside a handful of his Gunners teammates on Sunday.
He was joined by goalkeeper, Emiliano Martinez, as well as Spaniards, Nacho Monreal and Santi Cazorla 24 hours on from Arsenal's 3-1 win over Bournemouth.
The Gunners stars were also joined at the birthday shindig by their respective partners and wives.
Gabriel, a £15million signing from Villarreal in January 2015, made his first Premier League appearance of the season against the Cherries.
The Brazilian centre-back had made just two EFL Cup appearances against Nottingham Forest and Reading prior to Saturday's match but was called on shortly after the 15-minute mark following an injury to Mathieu Debuchy.
Gabriel made his first Premier League appearance of the season against Bournemouth (Photo: Shaun Botterill)
The defender's two previous appearances came in the EFL Cup (Photo: Shaun Botterill)
He put in a promising performance despite playing in an unfamiliar position on the right side of Arsenal's defence.
Frenchman, Debuchy was making his first Arsenal start for over a year but a hamstring injury cut his return short.
After the match, manager Arsene Wenger said: "Debuchy, he thinks it's a severe one.
Mathieu Debuchy pulled up with a hamstring problem (Photo: Clive Rose)
"Don't go too far because I have to speak to medical people, but you can only assess it really after 48 hours. You have to let it bleed and after, usually they have an MRI scan 48 hours later to see how big the damage is.
"When I picked the squad, I imagined that something could happen to Debuchy because he's had many setbacks."
First-choice right-back, Hector Bellerin is currently out with an ankle problem.
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