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What happened between Aaron Ramsdale and Gabriel during Arsenal training ahead of Watford trip

Arsenal's quest for a top-four finish continues on Sunday against Watford.

The Gunners came into this weekend's round of Premier League fixtures just two points off fourth-placed Manchester United after winning their last three games in a row - including completing a double over fellow top-four hopefuls Wolves last month.

Mikel Arteta will be hoping his side can maintain this momentum as they could find themselves in the Champions League places come full-time with a fourth straight win.

Although the Arsenal manager is well aware of how tough it will be to break down a side managed by Roy Hodgson.

"Very solid, very organised, very clear in how they want to approach the match and where they want to take the match," the Spaniard said of the Hornets during his pre-match press conference.

"We have to do what we have planned and take them in a completely different direction. That will be the challenge.

"It’s a great stadium, great atmosphere, everything is tight and you know what you’re going to experience there."

Ahead of the trip to the Vicarage Road, the likes of Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard, Rob Holding, Benjamin White, Alexandre Lacazette, Nicolas Pepe and Kieran Tierney were put through their paces at the club's training base at London Colney on Saturday afternoon.

And there was a hilarious moment involving two Arsenal players.

As seen in the image below, Gabriel Magalhaes was on the receiving end of some harsh treatment by goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale.

It's unclear as to what the Brazilian centre-back did to warrant being kicked on the backside by his Arsenal teammate, but the England international appeared to have taken great joy in doing so.

Aaron Ramsdale gives Gabriel a little kick on the backside during an Arsenal training session at London Colney (Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images)

Of course, this is just another way Ramsdale shows support for Gabriel.

In fact, some Arsenal fans threw the keeper's name into the ring as a fresh contender to challenge Tierney and Odegaard for the captaincy when it comes time for Arteta to name a new permanent choice.

This was mainly in relation to the Ramsdale's more standard interaction with Gabriel following the defender's mistake that gifted Wolves the lead last time out.

Under pressure from Raul Jimenez, the centre-back attempted to send the ball back to his 'keeper only to under hit the pass from which Hwang Hee-chan seized upon to break the deadlock.

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But Ramsdale did not let Gabriel dwell on the mistake for too long.

As spotted in Arsenal's 'Aaron Ramsdale Cam' video uploaded to YouTube, from the 1.07-minute mark and for almost 20 seconds he could be seen offering words of encouragement to the Brazilian.

Therefore, many Gunners supporters expressed their opinion that Ramsdale should be considered for captaincy.

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