Brazilian star striker scores winner as EPL champions rally to sink French giants PSG 2-1 and book Last-16 berth
Man City’s Gabriel Jesus celebrates after scoring against PSG during their UCL match on Wednesday. Pic/Getty Images
Fresh from scoring Manchester City’s winner, Gabriel Jesus surely would not have intended to have a dig at Paris Saint-Germain. Even if the striker’s comment after City’s 2-1 win Wednesday—as both teams advanced in the Champions League—did cut to the heart of the contrasts in their performances.
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“We have a lot of players who can help the team,” Jesus said. “Everyone wants to give good balls to other players. Nobody is selfish.” PSG had its 11 players on the field at the Etihad Stadium—with Lionel Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe leading the attack—but it didn’t always seem there was a complete team out there. “They have a lot of quality,” City manager Pep Guardiola said. “We try to keep the players far away from the goal.”
It was the less glamorous Brazilian attacker on the scoresheet rather than Neymar. Brought off the bench in the second half to give City a No. 9, Gabriel Jesus completed the City comeback with a scuffed shot after being teed up by Bernardo Silva.
Super Silva
“We attack well in the spaces and the quality from Bernardo,” Guardiola said. “When you talk about the right technique, it is that. The right tempo and doing it in the right moment to give your teammate the best chance to score the goal.”
City clinched top spot in Group A and a meeting with a runner-up in the Round of 16 in February. PSG is also sure of going through as runner-up thanks to Leipzig beating Club Brugge 5-0.
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