Pep Guardiola hailed Gabriel Jesus for the four-goal salvo that shot Manchester City to a four-point Premier League lead by comparing him to Barcelona great Hristo Stoichkov. The Manchester City forward added an assist to Rodri in the 5-1 win over Watford that put the pressure back on Liverpool ahead of their Merseyside derby against Everton tomorrow.
The Blues boss refused to speak about Jesus’ future after talk that the player will leave the club this summer after failing to nail down a regular place. But he was full of praise for his quality and said that his man of the match display was universally popular in the dressing room and among the backroom staff.
"I said before, if there is one person in world football that deserves nights like Gabriel had, then it is him," he said. "We are delighted for him and he helped us a lot. He helped us to win this game. Of course, the assist from Oleks [Zinchenko] and the assist from Kevin [De Bruyne] are brilliant, but he has to be there."
