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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Alex Brotherton

Julian Alvarez can solve Man City problem that exposed them vs Liverpool FC

As Manchester City succumbed to a 3-1 defeat to Liverpool in the FA Community Shield on Saturday, there was a sense of 'you don't know what you had until it's gone.'

Around 100 miles south-east of Leicester at the Arsenal's Emirates Stadium, Gabriel Jesus was busy scoring a hat-trick on his first outing at his new home. The former City man has flown out of the blocks for his new side, giving every indication that he can be the first-choice centre-forward he never was at the Etihad.

However, it was not the Brazilian's goals that City missed against Jurgen Klopp's side on Saturday but rather his energy and work-rate off the ball.

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