#9 | Gabriel Jesus - 2020/21 Performances

[asahartford1]

Goals in each of his last four starts. Rough times for the Gabby haters.

They do not hate, just being objective-)

 

[Delphinho]

His goal was a beauty

 

[balotellishaircut]

Gabby was absolutely Rolls Royce tonite, his passing, crossing and finish all class, hope he starts on Saturday

 

[oldius]

Great to hear Pep so effusive in his praise for Gabby and what a great player and squad member he is.

 

[The Fat el Hombre]

I wish jesus would anticipate and attack crosses

He took his goal really well, but at nil nil in the first half when gundogan got to the byline and crossed it in jesus should have been there. You could see he just light jogged along, when he should have been busting a gut to get in the box for it and if he had he would have had a simple tap in. Little things like that worry me at times with him to be honest, but he played well enough and hopefully is hitting some form now

 

[The Colonel]

He took his goal really well, but at nil nil in the first half when gundogan got to the byline and crossed it in jesus should have been there. You could see he just light jogged along, when he should have been busting a gut to get in the box for it and if he had he would have had a simple tap in. Little things like that worry me at times with him to be honest, but he played well enough and hopefully is hitting some form now

I thought that first. But then you realise that it was Jesus who had brought the ball deep, drawn the defender out to create space for Gundogan. In our system that should be the cue for either Torres or Stirling to hit that central role.

 

[OrigamiNinja]

He scores a fair number of goals. He gets involved in the build-up. He presses as well as anyone. He gives 100% every match.

If Pep labelled him a false 9, the views of some on here would alter dramatically.

 

[Bluesince1979]

He took his goal really well, but at nil nil in the first half when gundogan got to the byline and crossed it in jesus should have been there. You could see he just light jogged along, when he should have been busting a gut to get in the box for it and if he had he would have had a simple tap in. Little things like that worry me at times with him to be honest, but he played well enough and hopefully is hitting some form now

Thats when i posted. He just be hitting that six yard box

 

[Sir peace frog]

fuck fatty aguero off and start jesus every match,hes a much better player anyway, im sick to death of that lazy Argentinian blobby stealing his wages off the club.

 

[DAGW]

Absolutely sublime touch, turn and finish for his goal. He was in the right place and did exactly what we want him to do, and then some, in that moment.

Hopefully it translates against higher caliber opposition. The problem is that against a PL side, or a CL side, you just don’t get that time or space to take a touch and strike in the box. You can guarantee that a title challenger has the quality CBs that can deal with that, or a bottom half side packs the box and restricts the space.

The one thing that pleased me was that he was there to capitalise on the chance, and I think that’s the main thing he needs to work at, particularly at being more consistent on.

The Gundogan cross (which btw was perfect) is the sort of opportunity that you need your striker to at least be there to make a play at. I’ll need to watch it back, but I don’t even think Jesus was in the box.

It might be a product of him not having the service, particularly in the early stages of this season, and feeling he needs to drop to get a touch of the ball, but he needs to be then following up that good hard work and industry by getting into the box.

I don’t know whether he’s just too selfless - but we need him to want to be getting into the box, to claim the spoils of his hard work, and grab himself (and the team) the goals his hard work should be earning.

Then again, maybe he’s playing exactly the role Pep wants him to play, and we’re all just mere mortals. Probably that tbf.