Gabriel Jesus grew frustrated with his lack of opportunities at Manchester City as one particular Pep Guardiola snub reduced the Brazilian to tears and fuelled his exit desire

 Gabriel Jesus grew frustrated with his lack of opportunities at Manchester City as one particular Pep Guardiola snub reduced the Brazilian to tears and fuelled his exit desire 


Gabriel Jesus admits he was left in tears and told his mother he wanted to quit Manchester City after Pep Guardiola picked Oleksandr Zinchenko ahead of him.


The Brazilian has since left the Etihad and joined Arsenal, who finished second to his former side last term. Jesus spent six years at City, but was in and out of the starting XI, often playing second fiddle to Sergio Aguero who continued to command the No 9 spot


Jesus' emotions peaked one European night against fellow heavyweights PSG when he was overlooked. Had it been for a fellow attacker he may have been able to stomach it, but Guardiola made the unconventional decision to play Zinchenko, normally a defender, in an attacking role despite there being no indication of the tactical tweak.




Gabriel Jesus explains "crazy thing" Pep Guardiola did that made him cry and leave Man City

Gabriel Jesus grew frustrated with his lack of opportunities at Manchester City as one particular Pep Guardiola snub reduced the Brazilian to tears 

Gabriel Jesus admits he was left in tears and told his mother he wanted to quit Manchester City after Pep Guardiola picked Oleksandr Zinchenko ahead of him.


The Brazilian has since left the Etihad and joined Arsenal, who finished second to his former side last term. Jesus spent six years at City, but was in and out of the starting XI, often playing second fiddle to Sergio Aguero who continued to command the No 9 spot.



Jesus' emotions peaked one European night against fellow heavyweights PSG when he was overlooked. Had it been for a fellow attacker he may have been able to stomach it, but Guardiola made the unconventional decision to play Zinchenko, normally a defender, in an attacking role despite there being 

The Brazilian told the Denilson Show podcast : "There was a Champions League game, PSG, at home in which he put Zinchenko as a false 9. Crazy thing. The day before, he didn't even use him in training, he had put me in as a striker.. Zinchenko even joked with me: 'That day I felt bad or you'.



"Two hours before the game, there's a team talk, the team eats, rests for 30 minutes and goes to the game... I didn't even eat. I went straight to the room, crying, I called my mother to talk: 'I want to leave'. I'm going home, because he put (Zinchenko) on. He put a left-back there. I went crazy."


Jesus would end up coming on to score the winner for City, who had gone 1-0 down to a Kylian Mbappe strike. Raheem Sterling equalised before the Brazilian's effort 14 minutes from the end. The now Arsenal man admits he wasn't even going to warm-up until Guardiola gave him the call.









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