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Kaya Kaynak

Arteta hints at further transfers after Jesus surprise and Arsenal youngsters do them proud

Jesus shows Arsenal what they've been missing

It didn't take Gabriel Jesus long to show why Arsenal were so happy to have secured his signature. Less than 90 seconds after coming on the Brazilian rifled a shot into the top right corner of the net from a tight angle to announce his arrival from Manchester City in style.

It wasn't so much the goals that accompanied his second half cameo but the intensity that showed why Jesus is such a necessary addition to the Gunners attack. Literally from minute one, the 25-year-old played like a man who would stop at nothing to get his team a goal. Contrast that to the shot-shy tepid approach Alexandre Lacazette had to the centre forward position last season, and it's hard not to wonder what European competition Arsenal would be playing in this year if Jesus had arrived a season earlier.

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