Gabriel Jesus was thrilled after marking his house Arsenal debut with two goals in a thumping 4-2 win Leicester City.
The summer signing of Manchester City enjoyed a stellar preseason campaign and earned credit for a standout performance in last weekend’s 2-0 win over Crystal Palace.
However, Jesus was overjoyed to come off goal this afternoon with a superb curling shot, then doubled Arsenal’s lead with a predatory header off the far post.
Not content with that, the Brazilian also provided assists for goals from Granit Xhaka and Gabriel Jesus that helped thwart a Leicester comeback.
“I’m so happy because we played so well against a tough opponent,” said the £45million summer recruit.
“I work all day every day to score goals.
“I wasn’t unhappy at Manchester City, I just wanted to play and the club understood.”
When asked how glad he was that he was wrong in a subsequent interview, Jesus added: A lot, a lot. I just wanted to play and the club understands.
“Sometimes players just want to play and I’m the same. Here I come every day I train, me and Eddie, he has a lot of quality and also a lot of confidence to play.
“Arsenal has two good strikers.”
While reviewing the performance of his headline signing for the summer, Mikel Arteta, meanwhile, spun: We know what Gabi can do.
“He’s disappointed in that dressing room because he said he could have scored four. I wouldn’t like to play against him. So mobile, so intuitive, always sharp.’
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