The return of Jesus by Daisy
Arteta started the game against Manchester United with Eddie Nketiah starting as the number nine. After a good start to the campaign and immediately hitting the ground running, Arteta seemed to want to keep this momentum going.
Nketiah had a good game but lacked that bit of energy to finish off what was a game of end-to-end football in the second half. In the 76th minute Arteta looked to his bench to try bring on some needed intensity in the forward line and up stepped Jesus.
Jesus made an instant impact, bringing energy and eagerness back into the Arsenal team’s style of play and leaving the Man United players lost for how to control him. Coming on with the usual type of aggression were used to, he pushed up the pitch, nearly assisting a goal for Martin Odegaard in the 6th minute of overtime but unfortunately the shot was blocked.
Linking up play and pushing hard, not long after Declan Rice netted a goal to put us in front, Jesus’s hard work had paid off. After a beautiful pass from Fabio Vieira, Jesus picked up the ball in the centre and steamrollered through United’s defence, leaving Diego Dalot on the floor and Andre Onana the only player to beat.
Showing his experience with a drop of the shoulder and after a long-awaited return from injury, Jesus fired the ball into the bottom right-hand corner of the net, putting the cherry on top of the cake and sealing the win for Arsenal. After fighting to come back from a knee injury, the super sub looks hungry and ready for this upcoming season.
What’s your thoughts on his comeback cameo Gooners? Do you think Jesus starts after the international break or will Arteta stick with Nketiah?
Daisy Mae
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Let Arteta stick with nketiah.
Even nketiah would have scored the goal Jesus scored
Adesina it isn’t true. That GJesus esque. Nkethia is a goal pocher GJesus is a better dribbler
Yes and with no further ado. Nketiah has been so good and will certainly continue to do a good job coming on as a substitute, It is so good we have many players when they come in, and they change the game.
Not yet, as Jesus is much more prone to injury and had spent most of his time at Arsenal in treatment room. We rush him and in 2 games he will be back in his favorite treatment room. Being injured is being norm for him. So just give him 20-30 min of time in each match day and let him impact the game from the bench. Meanwhile let Nketiah flourish in starting line up with much more robust physic then Jesus and substitute him with Jesus when he is not performing well. Jesus available for 30 mins each game will be much more useful than Jesus playing in 3 games and absent in another 10 games.
No just not yet, he’s already our number one coming off knee injury
Yes and yes. Gabby is the undisputed number 9.. Its a thing of joy to have an able deputy in the person of Eddy , Seeing as we are competing on multiple fronts and also Gabby can’t stay fit a whole season. So Eddy will get a decent amount of games to play.
Without a shadow of a doubt, Eddy has done ok but ok is not good enough to win the title.
OK is not good enough.
We need squad players who will come in and put on performances that really challenge the first choices. Trossard was doing that lesson far more than Nketiah.
I’d say 45 mins or 60 against everton. I don’t think he is a 100 percent. Eddie lacks his ability on the ball and his ball sense, hence he is still undisputed as our first choice.
Not yet! Maybe he should start in our opening game against PSV later that week upon club football resumption.
Yes makes perfect sense.
Jesus will be flying back from Brazil so why rush him into the team against Everton?
All our players have a rough schedule, particularly the ones flying to South America for three trips this Autumn, so plenty of games for everyone.
Gabriel Jesus is the player that give Arsenals attack edge. He is much better than both Saka and Martinelli. Saka was awful vs United. He should have scored at least once. Now he did almost nothing.. Yeah, he got a yellow card. Starboy is sooo overrated. I wonder if not old Merser is right: Sell him to Jürgen Klopp for £150M and buy Evan Ferguson. That’s an attacker that Gunners need.
Based purely on current form if Jesus is brought in it should be for Saka or Martinelli, not Nketiah.If Vieira is introduced he should be used as a conventional left winger.He may not have the pace and energy of Martinelli, but he has shown in his cameo appearances this season, he is a wonderful crosser of the ball and can pick out a through ball with his wand of a left foot.
Arteta has been cautious enough with jesus, not rushing him into the starting 11 even with a big match vs man u. Now it’s time to start him again and get that attack to full force.
Nketiah has proved to be a good backup and should get more game time. 60min jesus- 30min nketiah should be enough to get the former back to full fitness and keep the latter match fit.
Eddie is a nice guy and a real trier, but his finishing is still not up to scratch. I wouldn’t expect the manager to drop him though as he fits his system, but jesus is unquestionably the better all round player, and has the better eye for goal. However, the previous posters are spot on. While Jesus is the better player, he is injury prone, and for the moment does well as a sub to bring us up to eleven men. To be fair, as the team is carrying Havertz every week, they may be doing better than we think?
The player who need to come off is havertz. If havertz was on yhe pitch viera wouldn’t have been. I have no doubts that eddie could have finished that chance also.
Shouts for saka to be replaced by jesus are not bad. Keep it interesting. Not nketia not yet
Could jesus play Haverz role because he aint a no9?
Exactly,I have thinking about that too 🤔
The first game back may be tricky for Jesus who will be returning from Brazil. I would stick with Eddie for that one then bring back the main man for the Champions League
Gabriel Jesus will be our first choice striker. Not only that. I think he is the most important player we have. His physic, stamina, work rate, IQ, dribbling skills and ruthlessness is an unique combination. He will solve our lack of goals problem. Not only as a scorer or a supporter but also as a chaotic third link up. Eddie has improved a lot and still got more to do. I’m glad we have both strikers at Arsenal.