They may have come to see Gabriel Jesus but after the Brazilian’s injury it was the 21-year-old German who looked the part in the win against Bournemouth
The throng of autograph hunters outside Dean Court on Monday night had a new primary target, a currently priceless signature: Manchester City’s Gabriel Jesus. One City supporter held aloft a sign simply reading the words “Jesus, new Pele”. Not far behind him, though, when City got off the team coach, 20 minutes later than planned, was Leroy Sané, part of the coveted City front three that has left Pep Guardiola searching for more English adjectives.
Jesus left the field through injury after 14 minutes and then it was time for Sané to dovetail alongside Sergio Agüero, and the once-more impressive Raheem Sterling. The front three, although spearheaded by Agüero, looked to Sané for inspiration time and again, and it was the Germany international who was increasingly looking like Guardiola’s most dangerous weapon. He set the tone inside 25 seconds, racing through down the left, later leaving the full-back Adam Smith on his backside in one breath and supplying Sterling with a troublesome, low cross for City’s opener in another.
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