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Arsenal forward Gabriel Martinelli has proved his worth to Mikel Arteta and shown his colleagues there is a path from the fringes to the first team.

The 20-year-old has impressed for the Gunners this season, scoring a career-high five Premier League goals and keeping top scorer Emile Smith Rowe out of the starting line-up in recent weeks. His performances have also earned the former Ituano man his first senior Brazil call-up, joining club teammate Gabriel Magalhaes in Tite's squad for the upcoming qualifiers against Chile and Bolivia.

Martinelli has impressed Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp and earned comparisons with former Arsenal star Robert Pires after causing problems for Reds right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold in Wednesday night's meeting. And a lot has changed since Arteta felt compelled to apologise to the starlet.

After breaking through in the 2019-20 season, scoring his first Premier League goal just a fortnight before Arteta's arrival, Martinelli missed the start of the following campaign through injury. However, after returning to the fold, he didn't find it easy to break back into the team, with Arteta taking the blame.

"If anything it's my fault," the Spaniard told the media in March 2021. "He