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Gilberto shouldered a mountain of responsibility in Saturday win over Tottenham on Saturday.

The absence of Thierry Henry meant the Brazilian not only took the captain’s armband but also the penalty-taking duties. Gilberto had missed a seemingly vital spot-kick at Manchester United in September so you could forgive him a few nerves as he stepped up in dying seconds of the first half. Keeper Paul Robinson went the right way but Gilberto’s placement was perfect. He then sent the England No 1 the wrong way with a game-clinching second penalty 18 minutes from full time.

“I enjoy taking them,” he admitted afterwards. “Normally it is Thierry who does it but he wasn’t there. When he is not there I take them.

“It’s the type of thing I enjoy. When I have missed one in the past I just needed to keep going because it’s all part of football.

“But I must say with the second one I asked other players if they wanted to take it but they left the responsibility to me.”

Responsibility, of course, is all part of being captain. With Dennis Bergkamp and Sol Campbell departing, Gilberto was a natural choice for vice-captain at the start of the current campaign.

“You can see the age of the team,” he said. “We have a lot of young players. I feel all of them believe in me and have a lot of respect for me.

“It’s good because during the game I try to help them as much as I can. But at the same time they help me because they respond to what I say on the pitch.

“I’m very happy and proud for the result we got. We knew it would be a very hard and tough game but we came to the game to win. We were 100 per cent in every ball.

“This is the spirit we need to continue our job and see what we can do.”

Gilberto scores twice against Spurs

Gilberto captained Arsenal to a 3-0 win against London rivals Tottenham on Saturday. Gilberto scored two penalties in the game, and played very well indeed. Both penalties were quite controversial; the first one should not have been given at all. However, Gilberto coolly slotted away the first penalty into the bottom left corner, and the second one into the bottom right corner. Adebayor scored Arsenal’s first of the game with a great one-on-one with Spurs keeper, Paul Robinson.

Gilberto was yellow carded in the match for fouling Jermaine Jenas. It was a fabulous (ie. illegal) challenge (ie. rugby tackle): so if possible, try and catch it on the highlights.

It’s his first ever Brace for Arsenal – Go Bert!

b>Bert scores:

Gilberto scored a header from Walcott’s cross against Bolton yesterday. Arsenal went on to lose the game 3-1. Gilberto captained the Gunners in Henry’s absence. From Arsenal.com:

The visitors needed another response. Gilberto provided it by rising unmarked to nod home a cross from Walcott. The stand-in captain picked up the ball, tucked it under his arm, ran back and plonked it back on the centre spot.

Ah well.

Gilberto was an unused substitute against Hamburg on Tuesday night. He is still getting back into the swing of things at Arsenal after his compassionate leave in Brazil. Maybe he was jet-lagged. Maybe he was a bit unwell…. or…. I don’t really know. I’m just making things up. Some journalists said that “Arsenal struggled dealing with counter attacks without Gilberto”. So there you go. The important thing is that Gilberto starts playing games again and gets his match fitness back. And anyway; his week off came at quite a good time. He was getting very tired.

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Gilberto back from Brazil

This is what Wenger said:

Gilberto is back in the squad. He has returned from Brazil. He had a family problem but it is sorted out. I have to decide yet but I think he will start.

Great!

GUNNERS MISS MIDFIELD DUO

Arsenal will be without midfielders Gilberto and Freddie Ljungberg for Saturday’s Barclays Premiership clash with Newcastle.

The 30-year-old Gilberto returned to Brazil to deal with a family matter, and is not expected back until Sunday.

“I had him on the phone last night, and he is there for sickness reasons,” manager Arsene Wenger revealed.

“The situation looks quite good now, and hopefully he will be in on Monday morning, so we will see him for the Champions League game.”

Ljungberg will also be rested again on Saturday after several weeks out with a calf injury.

“I nearly wanted to pick him, but it is down to the fact that for five weeks he has not played one minute at a competitive level,” said Wenger.

Brazilian Julio Baptista, however, is available, along with goalkeeper Jens Lehmann, who has recovered from the heavy cold which saw him miss the win over Liverpool and Germany’s midweek Euro 2008 qualifier in Cyprus.

Midfielder Tomas Rosicky (hamstring) is still a week or so away from fitness, while Abou Diaby (ankle) and Lauren (knee) are long-term absentees.

Newcastle keeper Shay Given and £10million striker Obafemi Martins could return from injury.

The Irishman has been sidelined for two months by an abdominal injury which required surgery after a collision with West Ham’s Marlon Harewood, while the Nigerian has missed the last five games with a hamstring injury.

Turkish midfielder Emre is suspended, while Celestine Babayaro (groin), Olivier Bernard (hip) and Michael Owen (knee) are also out, but Shola Ameobi (hip) could play his final game before having an operation and Stephen Carr (foot), Titus Bramble (back) and James Milner (leg) could be available.

Teams

Arsenal (from): Lehmann, Hoyte, Toure, Gallas, Clichy, Fabregas, Hleb, Henry, van Persie, Baptista, Almunia, Djourou, Senderos, Eboue, Song, Flamini, Walcott, Aliadiere, Adebayor.

Newcastle (from): Given, Harper, Srnicek, Carr, Taylor, Moore, Bramble, Ramage, Huntington, Butt, Parker, Solano, Milner, Duff, Dyer, N’Zogbia, Pattison, Ameobi, Martins, Rossi, Sibierski, Luque.

I hope that bit by Wenger means that whatever has happened in his family has been resolved. Hopefully we’ll see him in the Champions League match.

Brazilian blow for Gunners
17-11-2006 10:56
Arsene Wenger has confirmed midfielder Gilberto has returned to Brazil for family reasons and is unlikely to play against Newcastle.

The Gunners midfielder pulled out of Brazil’s friendly with Switzerland this week to return to his homeland for personal reasons.

And Wenger has now confirmed he is un likely to be back in time to face the Magpies at the Emirates Stadium.
“I believe we have a family problem with Gilberto. He has had to go back to Brazil,” said Wenger.

“We hope he will be back in time, but we are not completely sure.
“He had to pull out of the Brazil squad this week and I would say there is an 80% chance he will miss the Newcastle game.”

Even though Newcastle aren’t really showing at the moment, they have quality, especially with Parker in the middle. Going to be tough without Gilberto, but hopefully we’ll manage.

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We find out what “Personal Problems” mean

Today, Wenger said: “We have a family problem with Gilberto. He has had to go back to Brazil. We hope he will be back in time (for Saturday), but we are not completely sure.”

This is very sad for Gilberto. I will not speculate about which family member might be having ‘problems’, this would be disrespectful. Instead, I will just wish Gilberto and all of the Silva family in Brazil the best.

Updates soon.

Why is Gilberto out of the Brazil squad

“Personal reasons”?

Gilberto was very close to making his first ever appearance as BRAZIL CAPTAIN against Switzerland tonight; but he has pulled out due to “personal reasons”. Edmilson and Lucio were both taken out of the squad due to injury, leaving Gilberto set to start as Brazil captain. It may never happen though; Arsenal’s other Brazilian, Denilson, has been drafted into the squad to replace Gilberto.

What are these personal reasons? We don’t know. (It’s personal, duh.) It could be a family issue, problems with people within the Brazil squad, or an injury precaution. Nobody knows, apart from him!

We will hopefully see Bert again soon in an Arsenal shirt, though.

UPDATE! “The People’s Daily” says:

Denilson will replace Gilberto Silva, who also plays for Arsenal and asked the coaching committee to be dismissed from the game due to private matters.

I’m not quite sure what that means, because it’s written in such bad English. If you wrote that article, please ask for some help next time.

Gilberto helps Arsenal to 3-0 win

Gilberto stands around quietly for a minute in memory of soldiers who died

Gilberto helped Arsenal to a flattering 3-0 win over Liverpool today (Sunday). It was a normal performance with Gilberto, so I won’t talk about it too much. He made a few wayward passes, but patrolled the defence when defenders like Flamini, Toure and Gallas were busy scoring goals. Solid!

Gilberto helps everybody celebrate Gallas’ goal