Jesus: I chose to leave Man City after Guardiola made me cry

Gabriel Jesus stated he determined to leave Manchester City when coach Pep Guardiola made him cry after leaving him out of the beginning lineup in a Champions League recreation.

The Brazil worldwide labored below Guardiola for 5 years on the Etihad stadium earlier than becoming a member of Arsenal final summer season, a transfer he stated made him really feel “free.”

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Speaking to the “Denilson show” podcast, Jesus stated the turning level in his City profession got here throughout their residence recreation in opposition to Paris Saint-Germain in November 2021 when he was named on the bench.

“There was a Champions League game, PSG, at home, in which he put [Oleksandr] Zinchenko as a false 9. Crazy thing,” Jesus stated. “The day before, he didn’t even use [Zinchenko] in training, he had put me in as a striker. … Zinchenko even joked with me: ‘that day I felt bad for you.’

“Two hours earlier than the sport, there is a workforce speak, the workforce eats, rests for half-hour and goes to the sport. He informed us the workforce, I did not even eat. I went straight to the room, crying, I known as my mom to speak: ‘I need to leave.’ I’m going residence, as a result of he put [Zinchenko] on, and he did not put me on. He put a left-back there. I went loopy.”

Jesus replaced Zinchenko in the second half and set up the equaliser before scoring a late winner to give City a 2-1 win.

“I did not heat up,” Jesus added. “I felt dangerous. Five minutes after [Kylian] Mbappe scored the objective for 1-0, [Guardiola] known as me. I gave an help and scored; we turned it round 2-1. In the subsequent [Champions League] recreation [a 2-1 win at RB Leipzig], I thought I was going to play, and I did not play.

“There was a lot of that with him [Guardiola], and it’s not easy. But one [player] evolves. It is really hard. That’s when I decided, I didn’t want to stay anymore. And I decided to leave.”

Jesus joined City in January 2017 from Palmeiras and gained 11 titles with the Manchester membership.

During his debut marketing campaign at Arsenal, he scored 11 objectives and arrange seven extra in 26 league appearances as they completed runners-up to City within the Premier League.