Arsenal boss, Mikel Arteta has identified that the return of Gabriel Jesus has boosted the locker room and also Aresnal’s title challenge.
The Gunners ran riot away to Fulham on Sunday to reclaim their five-point lead over champions Manchester City in the league table.
It was a show for the Brazil duo, Gabriel Magalhaes and Gabriel Martinelli before Martin Odegaard ended the show with a beautiful goal.
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it was also a hat-trick of assists from January signing, Leandro Trossard who had a wonderful game.
Leading 3-0 with 15 minutes to go, Mikel Arteta subbed on Gabriel Jesus for the first time since last year December at the World Cup, when he got a knee injury.
The Brazil international has been injured and on the sideline for four months, and Arteta was thrilled to see him back and looking sharp.
Speaking about the Brazilian’s return, the Spaniard told reporters, “Big boost. First step today, and we didn’t know if it was the right game for him today. A few days ago he said to me, ‘I’m still missing something’.
“Yesterday, I looked him in his eyes and he said, ‘I’m ready’. So I said, ‘Okay’. So then we had the opportunity to throw him in, which is the first step to giving him that boost.”
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