Five games, seven goals and excitement at Arsenal is increasing exponentially. Gabriel Jesus has taken to the role of being the Gunners’ new number nine about as well as anyone could hope for so far.
Granted, Arsenal are yet to kick off their Premier League campaign, but a haul of the size that Jesus has managed to amass in less than two months with the club is difficult to play down. To put it into context, Arsenal’s strikers of last season, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Alexandre Lacazette and Eddie Nketiah couldn’t double the seven-goal tally from Gabriel Jesus’ five games across a season where the trio played a combined 65 appearances between them.
Prior to the Brazilian’s signature and for a short while after, before he’d smashed in a goal after 90 seconds on his non-competitive debut in Germany, there was no shortage of doubts. Claims that his finishing ‘requires refinement’, fans being told ‘don’t believe the hype’ and that his numbers raised ‘a few red flags.’
