Amongst all the delight following Arsenal's dramatic win over Bournemouth on Saturday afternoon was the sight of Gabriel Jesus.
Now, despite the Brazilian not being part of the matchday squad as he closes in on a return from knee surgery, his attendance at the Emirates Stadium wasn't too much of a surprise especially as it's been a common trend for the Gunners' home games over the past few months.
However, this appearance was a little different. Footage of Arsenal's post-match celebrations has been uploaded to Instagram and Jesus is seen wearing his pre-match kit and putting weight on the previously injured knee whilst giving Reiss Nelson - scorer of the winning goal - a big hug.
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And it gets even better with Goal.com Arsenal's correspondent Charles Watts noting that the reason Jesus was dressed ready for action was that he joined what looked like an intensive post-match warm down along with the substitutes such as Kieran Tierney and Jakub Kiwior.
For the 25-year-old to be taking part in any sort of training alongside his teammates is a huge step towards making a return to first-team action, although it still remains to be seen when he will be available for selection again as Gunners manager Mikel Arteta is choosing to remain coy.
"He’s not far now. I don’t want to give a timeline, but he’s doing certain things with the team and certain things outside the team still," the Spaniard said in the pre-match press conference. "He’s not very close, but he’s not very far. He’s feeling better every day and the doctors are feeling confident with how he’s evolving. We are in a good place with him, I think.
"It’s been pretty straightforward. At the beginning we were pretty concerned about the possible extent of the injury because there were a few options there and thankfully it wasn’t that bad. But it was a long-term injury, required surgery and it was not pleasing, especially the first few weeks.
"Knowing Gabi, he has been through that before, his mentality is just incredible and the team has done a really good job with him to put him in the position he’s in today."
With Arsenal losing Eddie Nketiah to an ankle problem before the Bournemouth game, Jesus' return couldn't come any sooner especially as Arteta is running out of options in attack as Leandro Trossard was forced off in the first half with an injury.
"It is a worry. He came to me and said I cannot continue I felt something when I was tracking back after the corner," the Spaniard said of his £21m signing in the January transfer window who is now a doubt for the Europa League clash against Sporting CP on Thursday. "We had to take him off and we have to assess him and see how he is."
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