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Gabriel Jesus gets off to a hot start in first Gunners outing

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– Gabriel Jesus scored twice in his first outing in an Arsenal shirt as his new club came back from a 2-0 half-time deficit to beat Nurnberg 5-3 in a preseason outing in Germany on Friday.

– Jesus, who completed a £45 million transfer from Manchester City earlier this week, made an instant impact after coming off the bench at half-time. The Brazilian forward needed less than 90 seconds before blasting in at the near post to start Arsenal’s turnaround.

– Mohamed Elneny soon levelled the score with an unstoppable strike from distance, before the 2. Bundesliga side contributed to their own downfall with back-to-back own goals, courtesy of Christopher Schindler and Tim Handwerker.

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– Lukas Schleimer briefly reduced the home side’s arrears before Jesus took the spotlight once more, meeting Gabriel Martinelli’s cross with a delightful flicked finish.

– Earlier it had been a less than stellar start to the game from Mikel Arteta’s side, playing their second preseason match after a 5-1 win over Ipswich behind closed doors on Saturday.

– United States men’s national team goalkeeper Matt Turner, making his first Arsenal appearance after his transfer from the New England Revolution, will likely feel he should have done better with a Johannes Geis strike that flew over his head to open the scoring on 24 minutes.

– Five minutes later, things got worse for the Gunners when Nuremberg doubled the lead through Kwadwo Duah.

– It is Jesus’ second-half showing that will grab the headlines, though, ahead of Arsenal continuing their preparations for the new season against Everton in the U.S. on July 17.

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