"Gabriel has played an amazing season for Arsenal, proved he is one of the best defenders in the world and shown everyone he's a great player. He did not deserve to have all that weight, of that moment of defeat, on his shoulders,"

Marquinhos added that Brazil's upcoming World Cup also weighed on his mind. "In Brazil, we need him for the World Cup. I just wanted to hug him, to show him how much he is valued by us and congratulate him for everything else he has done this season," he said.

Declan Rice had earlier defended Gabriel and fellow penalty miss Eberechi Eze, while Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta described the defeat as difficult to accept.