Gabriel Jesus enjoys feast day as Sergio Aguero nears last supper

Manchester City 2 Swansea 1: Gabriel Jesus has wasted no time in guaranteeing himself a place in Manchester City folklore, his injury-time winner the second of two goals on his full home debut but the young Brazilian’s stunning impact on English football could not disguise the same old problems for Pep Guardiola.

Gabriel Jesus enjoys feast day as Sergio Aguero nears last supper

City had been on the verge of throwing away two home points, having dominated the first half only to gift an equaliser to Icelandic international Gylfi Sigurdsson nine minutes from time.

Fortunately, for those City supporters whose anxiety and impatience was palpable by that stage, Jesus was on hand halfway through the four minutes of added time to leap and head David Silva’s cross goalwards. Lukasz Fabianski managed to block the initial effort but the teenager had the presence to recover and tap the ball into an open goal.

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