Arsenal star Gabriel Martinelli has been accused showing a lack of respect after celebrating before he had scored his late goal on Saturday.
The Brazilian attacker rounded off the scoring in stoppage time after racing clear on goal after Emiliano Martinez had committed for a corner with Aston Villa 3-2 down. Before slotting into an empty, Martinelli had already started celebrating and former Villa striker Gabriel Agbonlahor did not appreciate the player's antics.
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"I thought it was an entertaining game, they're the games you want to see," the former Villa star told talkSport.
"Both teams going for it, no one sitting back, Aston Villa had so many chances as well, Leon Bailey running through and hitting the bar.
"But I thought Arsenal were impressive in the second half, they didn't turn up in the first half, but in the second half they were relentless.
"[Bukayo] Saka getting at players, [Granit] Xhaka and [Martin] Odegaard finding space, and Arsenal thoroughly deserved the win.
"But, there was a part of the game I didn't like. I didn't like Martinelli running through, empty net, and he's just celebrating before he's put the ball into the back of the net.
"You know he's been rubbish for a month, and he's scoring a tap-in and celebrating before he scores. [It's a] lack of respect for your team-mates, I didn't like it."
Former Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Jamie O'Hara echoed Agbonlahor's sentiments about Martinelli.
"I didn't like that either!," O'Hara added.
"I didn't see no point in Martinez wasting time because it gets added onto the end of the game.
"But that from Martinelli for me today wasn't very sportsmanlike."
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