{"id":2777,"date":"2019-02-28T10:52:10","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T10:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.incirliseviye.com\/2019\/02\/28\/jesus-has-to-fight-with-aguero-guardiola-challenges-misfiring-striker\/"},"modified":"2019-02-28T10:52:10","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T10:52:10","slug":"jesus-has-to-fight-with-aguero-guardiola-challenges-misfiring-striker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/?p=2777","title":{"rendered":"Jesus has to fight with Aguero – Guardiola challenges misfiring striker"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pep Guardiola has challenged Gabriel Jesus to respond to the task of dislodging Sergio Aguero as Manchester City’s first-choice striker.<\/p>\n

It was a mission\u00a0Jesus revelled in immediately after his arrival in Manchester in January 2017, with City’s all-time top scorer Aguero forced to bide his time on the bench in a number of high profile clashes \u2013 most notably a 2-1 derby win at Manchester United in December of that year.<\/p>\n

But Aguero has knuckled down to adapt his game to Guardiola’s specific demands when it comes to centre-forward play and is thriving under the Catalan, as evidenced by his stunning opening goal in last week’s 2-1 win over Premier League leaders Liverpool.<\/p>\n

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By contrast, Jesus has struggled to hit top form after suffering a medial knee ligament injury midway through last season\u00a0and started each game for Brazil at the 2018 World Cup without finding the target.<\/p>\n

The 21-year-old scored his eighth of 2018-19 in all competitions during Sunday’s 7-0 rout of Rotherham United in the FA Cup but also missed several presentable chances.<\/p>\n

Jesus could get another chance in Wednesday’s EFL Cup semi-final first leg against League One Burton Albion at the Etihad Stadium, with Guardiola reminding the former Palmeiras star his lot is that of many forwards at Europe’s elite clubs.<\/p>\n

“He competes with Sergio. In the big clubs, all the players compete with big [team] mates so it’s simple,” the ex-Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss told a news conference.<\/p>\n

“Always I take decisions [that are] the best for the team in the right moment. In part of our period together he played important games before Sergio because in that moment he was better than Sergio.<\/p>\n

“People were saying my relationship with Sergio was very bad, it was not correct, but I tried to be honest.<\/p>\n

“When I saw Gabriel in that moment he was playing more minutes and more important games than Sergio because in that moment I believed.<\/p>\n

“But I believe Sergio is an important player when fit and [Jesus] has to fight to win his position.”<\/p>\n

Aguero, 30, has 10 goals in 17 Premier League appearances this season and 14 in 22 across all competitions.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Brazilian striker has found first-team opportunities hard to come by in 2018-19 after such a successful introduction to English football Pep Guardiola has challenged Gabriel Jesus to respond to the task of dislodging Sergio Aguero as Manchester City’s first-choice striker. It was a mission\u00a0Jesus revelled in immediately after his arrival in Manchester in January … <\/p>\n

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