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Jesus scores hat trick in Arsenal’s final pre-season game

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Mueez Ajao

– Gabriel Jesus continued his white-hot preseason form as he scored a hat trick in Arsenal’s 6-0 victory over Sevilla in the Emirates Cup on Saturday.

– The Emirates Stadium rippled with applause in the ninth minute in tribute of Jose Antonio Reyes. Reyes, a former player of both Arsenal and Sevilla died in 2019.

– Just a minute after the moving tribute, Arsenal fans were again on their feet as Bukayo Saka opened the scoring, sending Bono the wrong way from the penalty spot.

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– Summer signing Jesus swiftly followed with two goals in two minutes — first sweeping home a loose ball in the box after Bono’s fumble, and later pouncing on Gabriel Martinelli’s deep cross after a perfectly-timed run in behind Sevilla’s backline.

– Saka scored his second and Arsenal’s fourth 19 minutes in, when he latched on Bono’s poor clearance and fired home, between the 31-year-old goalkeeper’s legs.

– And Jesus, who now has seven goals in his five preseason outings, continued the scoring 13 minutes from time — he bundled home Arsenal’s fifth after Martinelli’s corner wasn’t dealt with.

– Substitute Eddie Nketiah rounded off the onslaught a minute before the game’s conclusion, after being teed up by the newly announced captain Martin Odegaard.

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