For most across Islington, the dress code was clear.Whether it was a home, away or training shirt, some sort of Arsenal merchandise was what the majority went for. The men’s and women’s managers, Mikel Arteta and Renee Slegers, wore Arsenal home shirts, but a member of the club’s ownership made a different choice.Josh Kroenke, Arsenal’s co-chairman, wore a graphic tee of William Saliba and Gabriel — inspired by the 2008 comedy, Step Brothers — which felt symbolic after the club’s Champions League final defeat by Paris Saint-Germain.Arsenal were a penalty shootout away from lifting Europe’s premier trophy for the first time, but Gabriel was the unfortunate soul to miss their last kick.In Budapest, PSG centre-back (and Gabriel’s Brazil team-mate) Marquinhos was the first to console him. The 32-year-old, who was with PSG for 12 years before lifting the Champions League for the first time, has been in Gabriel’s shoes. His penalty shootout miss consigned Brazil to defeat against Croatia in the 2022 World Cup quarter-finals, so his words may have been the best suited for Gabriel to hear in the seconds after his own miss.Back in north London, there was an initial shocked silence from the 35,000 watching the shootout at the Emirates Stadium, which was immediately followed by applause for their ‘King of Brazil’. It was reminiscent of the reaction after Saliba scored an own goal on his home debut against Leicester City in 2022.The love for Gabriel continued through parade day, with supporters making conscious efforts to sing his chant when the team bus arrived to their spots and shirt sales with his name increasing by 350 per cent in the days after the final. Arsenal supporters and staff are no strangers to showing love to their players in difficult moments, though, with encouraging fan letters for Bukayo Saka after his penalty miss added to a wall at the training ground following England’s Euro 2020 final (played in the summer of 2021).