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Gabriel nets winner as 10-man Arsenal secure victory at Wolves
Arsenal's Gabriel Magalhaes celebrates at the end of the Premier League match at Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton

Wolves 0-1 Arsenal
by Layth Yousif
at the Molineux stadium

ARSENAL showed courage and character to emerge with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers on Thursday evening. 

At a raucous Molineux on a cold February night, Mikel Arteta’s ten-man Gunners sealed what could be a crucial triumph over Wolves.

The match turned out to be a tale of two Gabriels after the visitor’s centre-back grabbed the only goal in the first half – before referee Michael Oliver’s controversial decision after the interval to hand attacker Gabriel Martinelli two yellow cards in the space of seconds, to leave Arsenal battling with 10 men. 

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