A selection of Arsenal fans on Twitter heaped praise on Gabriel Magalhaes following the club’s 3-1 win over Olympiacos in the first leg of the Europa League round of 16.

The centre-back returned to the starting line-up on Thursday after sitting out the last two games where Pablo Mari was preferred to partner David Luiz.

He could not do much to restrict the equalising goal (1-1) from Olympiacos before the hour mark, which was gifted after a poor bit of play between Bernd Leno and Dani Ceballos.

However, he made the difference in the 79th minute with a towering header in the box, which found the top right corner of Olympiacos’ net.

Five minutes from time, he turned provider for Mohamed Elneny, who unleashed a swerving shot from outside the box which put the Gunners’ 3-1 ahead.

The performance delighted some of the club’s faithful, and here are a few reactions.

Gabriel Magalhães tonight :

-A goal.

-An assist.

BIG GAME PLAYER, my man of the match