Gabriel Jesus: Arsenal striker to miss start of Premier League season

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Gabriel Jesus with the shot astatine his feet playing for Arsenal

Arsenal striker Gabriel Jesus has had insignificant genu country and volition miss the commencement of the Premier League season.

Jesus did not play successful Wednesday's pre-season triumph implicit Monaco and manager Mikel Arteta confirmed afterwards that the Brazil guardant volition beryllium retired "for a fewer weeks" aft a "little procedure".

The 26-year-old's wounded is related to the genu problems he had past season, which besides required surgery.

"It's a large stroke due to the fact that we had him backmost to his best," said Arteta.

Speaking aft Arsenal bushed Monaco 6-5 connected penalties pursuing a 1-1 gully astatine Emirates Stadium, the Gunners brag said Jesus had felt immoderate symptom successful his genu for the past fewer weeks.

"Unfortunately helium had a small process this morning. He had immoderate irritation successful the genu and we had to get it resolved. It's not large but helium volition beryllium retired for a fewer weeks I think," Arteta said.

"We had to marque a determination and the champion 1 is to support the subordinate and to get him backmost arsenic rapidly arsenic possible, truthful we decided to bash it."

Jesus' wounded comes 4 days earlier Arsenal look treble winners Manchester City successful the Community Shield and 10 days earlier their archetypal lucifer of the Premier League play against Nottingham Forest.

Nketiah shows helium tin capable gap

Eddie Nketiah is present apt to pb Arsenal's enactment successful those games and helium captained the Gunners against Monaco arsenic Declan Rice and Jurrien Timber made their archetypal Emirates starts.

Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale made an aboriginal prevention from Aleksandr Golovin earlier Monaco took the pb soon aft the half-hour people erstwhile France midfielder Youssouf Fofana headed successful Mohamed Camara's cross.

They missed a bully accidental to treble their pb soon aft erstwhile Guillermo Maripan missed from adjacent scope earlier Arsenal's £100m summertime signing Rice saw a changeable blocked.

The French broadside led until 2 minutes earlier half-time, erstwhile Nketiah timed his tally good to decorativeness astatine the backmost station from Gabriel Martinelli's corner.

Monaco were regularly getting down Arsenal's defence and missed 2 large chances aboriginal successful the 2nd play arsenic Wissam Ben Yedder deed the station earlier Golovin struck a changeable consecutive astatine Ramsdale from 12 yards.

Arteta replaced Rice with chap caller accomplishment Kai Havertz arsenic 1 of 7 changes soon aft the hr mark.

Two of the different changes combined to astir enactment the Gunners successful beforehand connected 73 minutes erstwhile Jorginho's good walk sent Leandro Trossard done connected extremity but helium changeable consecutive astatine Philipp Kohn.

The crippled was settled by a punishment shootout, with Ramsdale redeeming erstwhile Liverpool guardant Takumi Minamino's effort earlier centre-back Gabriel converted the winning spot footwear to triumph the Emirates Cup.

Arsenal defender Gabriel kicks a punishment towards goal

What's next?

The crippled completes Arsenal's pre-season campaign, which included a decision to Manchester United and a triumph against Barcelona connected a circuit of the United States.

Their adjacent lucifer is against Manchester City successful the Community Shield astatine Wembley connected 6 August (16:00 BST)

Arteta's broadside volition past beryllium backmost astatine the Emirates for their opening crippled of the Premier League play erstwhile they big Nottingham Forest connected 12 August (12:30 BST).

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