VIDEO: Shocking moment Arsenal’s Gabriel fights off masked Tottenham thugs in horror attack

A video of the shocking moment Arsenal‘s Gabriel fights off masked thugs in a horror attack with a Tottenham drug dealer over a car.

The Premier League footballer had to come face to face and defend himself when a robber wielding a baseball bat tried to steal his £45,000 Mercedes from his garage.

Gabriel and a friend were followed home from a night out by two thieves who demanded Gabriel’s car keys, mobile phone and watch as he got out of his vehicle.

 

One of the attackers, named Abderaham Muse, then went for the Brazilian with the bat, however Gabriel punched in the face and wrestled with him, grabbing his hat, until the robber got himself free and legged it.

Muse, 26, was jailed for five years last month after police found that he was in a robbery in August via DNA from the hat that had fallen off during the fight.

Horrifying CCTV footage was played in court, and it shows the black Mercedes pull into the garage at Gabriel’s house in Barnet, north London, before the 23-year-old got out with his friend, Rodrigo Tavares.

Muse and his thug accomplice, both wearing masks and hoods, decide to walk into the garage and Muse holds a baseball bat up to the footballer’s face.

Gabriel, who signed with the Gunners for £27million from French outfit Lille in 2020, held his hands in the air then removed his watch and handed it to his attacker, along with his car keys.

After Muse went for Gabriel with the baseball bat, the player hit him in the face and grabbed his arm. The pair struggle for a moment before Muse wriggled free and he and his accomplice sprinted away from the house, going past a third member of the gang whose role was to ensure the electronic gates was kept open to escape.

Martin Lewis, prosecuting, told Harrow Crown Court: ‘No injuries were suffered but a great deal of shock was caused. They happened to pick on two victims who were very fit and able to look after themselves.’

Judge Anupama Thompson said there was no evidence Muse and his accomplices targeted Gabriel because he was a Premier League star but more because he appeared to be a wealthy person. ‘While you didn’t specifically target the victim on account of him being a well-known footballer, there was a realisation this person was wealthy and worthy of robbing,’ she said.

‘You saw a nice car and a nice house and thought it was rich pickings. Fortunately, thanks to the brave actions of the people you targeted, no further damage was done.’

Muse, from Tottenham, has a list of convictions dating back to 2009, when he was busted in possession of a prohibited weapon.

He was on license when he attacked Gabriel after being given a 56-month sentence for possessing heroin with intent to supply.

Judge Thompson told him: ‘You have an appalling record for a man of 26. This was an horrific and frightening attack on a group of people who were simply coming home from a night out.’

Judge Thompson sentenced the thug for five years over one count of robbery and one of possession of an offensive weapon. Muse’s two accomplices are yet to be caught.

Gabriel has so far made 33 appearances for Arsenal since his transfer in September and was named in the Brazil squad for last summer’s Olympics, however couldn’t compete due to a knee injury that also meant he was out of action during the time he was attacked.

Many will remember fellow teammate Sead Kolasinac fighting off two armed men who tried to rob him and then team-mate Mesut Ozil of their luxury watches outside his home in Hampstead in July 2019.

Ashley Smith and the other member of the gang, Jordan Northover, were jailed later that year over the attempted robbery.

Fans reacted at the shocking moment Arsenal’s Gabriel fights off masked Tottenham thugs in the horror attack…

@Norburyman: The security for Arsenal players needs to be looked at

@CannonOnCrest1: The harsh reality of some parts of the city. It’s bonkers how people are not safe even inside their own homes or driveways, forget the streets. Unemployment and greed pushing people to commit thefts and robbery. Sad times!

@ARSENALDvbrisG: Kolasinac taught him everything he knows…

@simon_afc01: This is why Gabriel is the best center back in the league

@ayman__afc: Are they mad? You going after a Brazilian street boy with a baseball bat 😂

@MemekeIArteta: glad to see hes ok, kolasinac and ozil vibe

@TheVictoryClub_: Of course the attacker was from Tottenham. Explains why he got battered.

@afcxomkl: MY CB

@TaxDodgerlol: so good defensively he can work from home

@doctor_gunner: Spurs getting battered everywhere they go 🎶 🎶 🎶

@afcxseb: Fair play, reminiscent of Kolasinac and Ozil

@Sulky1886: How many more times?

@_AFCKieran: What a guy

@RodAC__: Tottenham lost again no shock there

Gabriel when he found out that he was from Tottenham: pic.twitter.com/8pPvk6Q7Jm

— Winston⭐⭐⭐ (@will_pinto) December 1, 2021

Loool dont mess with my cb una warriorrrrr pic.twitter.com/DB2gPk0wbQ

— Jamzy (@Jamzy2K) November 30, 2021