Gilberto – How it felt to score against Spurs

Fans will fondly remember our first north London derby at Emirates Stadium in 2006, when Gilberto Silva struck twice from the spot to down Tottenham.

The World Cup winner was captain that afternoon, leading us to victory in the absence of Thierry Henry.

“I was the vice-captain and Thierry was the captain and the penalty-taker, but he spent most of the season injured, so I took the responsibility as the captain on the field,” Gilberto told Arsenal Player.

“When you train something, you feel prepared for it. Maybe before I was not used to taking penalties, just a few times I had an opportunity to: in a penalty shoot-out against Uruguay in the Copa America in 2007. I started training after the…