See in the video: Robbery on Arsenal player Gabriel – soccer star fends off armed criminals.
Assault on Arsenal professional Gabriel.
Recordings released by the London Metropolitan Police show the soccer star being attacked by two criminals in his garage.
The masked men armed with a baseball bat demand the 23-year-old’s car keys, cell phone and watch.
Then there is a physical confrontation.
The Brazilian defender hits one of the attackers in the face.
The criminals flee, but the soccer player manages to keep an attacker’s hat.
The man is identified by traces of his DNA and sentenced to a five-year prison term.
The attack is said to have already taken place in August, but only now became known.