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Gabriel Jesus slams critics for questioning his goalscoring file

  • Gabriel Jesus has scored 4 objectives in 4 Champions League matches
  • The Brazilian ahead netted in Arsenal’s 6-0 demolition of Lens on Wednesday
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Gabriel Jesus has lashed out at critics who’ve questioned his goalscoring talents, saying he ‘doesn’t care’ about hypothesis linking Arsenal to different strikers.

The Brazilian scored final evening within the Gunners’ 6-0 thrashing of Lens to take his Champions League aim tally to 4 objectives in 4 matches, and seal a last-16 spot for the north London membership.

Yet Arsenal have been reported as searching for a striker within the January switch window.

Brentford’s Ivan Toney has been strongly touted, in addition to Feyenoord’s Santiago Gimenez.

But Jesus is unfazed and likened the scenario to the one at Manchester City when he and Sergio Aguero have been in the identical crew.

Gabriel Jesus has lashed out at critics who’ve questioned his goalscoring talents

He mentioned: ‘This happens you know, maybe it can be agents talking about a lot of things.

‘Sometimes it is like this, it happened when I was at City even with Aguero and me scoring. I was scoring a lot and people was linking everyone.

‘So here, I don’t care about this. I do know what my qualities are and I do know what I can convey to the crew. 

‘I can rating and I can even assist with different issues, like opening areas.

‘But the only people who can see it are those who watch the game and understand. Those who don’t perceive will say, “Oh, he didn’t score today”.

‘But maybe I run and open space for someone and then, let’s be trustworthy, I don’t miss loads of probabilities. I believe it isn’t about, “He doesn’t know how to score”.

‘Sometimes I have to be more in the box, that it is the one thing I am working on. Tonight I was more in the box.’

The Brazilian scored in Arsenal’s 6-0 demolition of Lens on the Emirates on Wednesday evening

Arsenal and Brazil striker Jesus has scored 4 objectives in 4 appearances within the Champions League this season – however has discovered the online simply as soon as in eight Premier League outings 

In Europe, the striker, who has 24 objectives in 42 Champions League appearances, has been incomparable. But within the Premier League this season he has managed only one aim in eight matches.

This has after all been affected by harm, having undertaken a second knee surgical procedure in within the house of a yr initially of the marketing campaign. 

When requested about this league scoring price, he added: ‘I have other qualities as well, but I can score guys!

‘I know I am not scoring every game, it’s not simple. Like at Brentford, we performed in opposition to 5 on the again and there weren’t loads of probabilities. 

‘I had one [chance] with my head, nevertheless it was not simple.

Arsenal have been linked with a January transfer for Brentford striker Ivan Toney

‘People don’t see that. Sometimes individuals simply go to the consequence and see who scored, they don’t see the sport. I perceive my recreation.

‘Obviously I want to score every game, if it’s attainable a hat-trick! But that’s not the fact.

‘In the Champions League this year I am scoring every game. In the Premier League I have failed to score sometimes, but I am getting better and better every day to improve that.

‘If you say my name, people say other things and not just goals – so I am happy with this — but I want to score.’

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