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Jesus, Mohamed Lift Arsenal In Pre Season Win

The duo of Gabriel Jesus and Mohamed Elneny were on the scoresheet Friday evening in Arsenal’s first ‘competitive’ pre season friendly against German second division side, Nurnberg.

The Gunners completed the £45m signing of the Brazil international from Manchester City on Monday.

Jesus came off the bench as a half-time substitute in Arsenal’s friendly clash against Nurnberg in Germany with Mikel Arteta’s team going down 2-0 at the break.

The 25-year-old won the ball on the right flank and after an interplay of passes with Eddie Nketiah, finished superbly at the near post.

Arsenal levelled through Elneny from a long range strike and then moved into a two-goal lead, no thanks to two own goals with Jesus playing a part in one of them.

After Nurnberg had pulled one back, the Brazilian bagged his brace with 15 minutes left to play. It was another fine finish, too, as the striker met his compatriot Gabriel Martinelli’s pinpoint near post cross and produced a deft flick into the roof of the net to make it 5-3, this time giving it the trademark ‘phone’ celebration.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.