Gabriel Martinelli responds the only way footballers truly can. After days of blacklash, Martinelli scores a hat-trick in Arsenal’s 4–1 win over Portsmouth. The original moment was not great. He acknowledged that. He apologized. That should have been the end of it. Instead, the reaction grew louder than the incident itself — turning a misjudgement into a moral indictment, not just of Martinelli, but of Arsenal as a whole. Even commentary choices continued to blur context, reinforcing implications that never fit the facts. Martinelli does not need to pay for this any further and I’m glad he ignored the noise. #arsenal #martinelli #premierleague