“I went to the room crying”

not today Arsenal, Gabriel Jesus went to the podcast “Denilson Show” and told about his experience being commanded by Pep Guardiolaat the manchester city. Despite having a good relationship, the center forward told about the only problem that happened between them, that the Spanish coach made him cry.

After training as a starter on the eve of the game, Gabriel ended up on the bench for left-back Zinchenko: “Crazy thing. A day before, he didn’t put him to train there (in attack). I was training as a striker. Zinchenko even joked with me: ‘I felt bad for you’. Two hours before the game there is a lecture, he gives the team, then we eat, rest and go to the game“.

He followed:He gave the team. I didn’t even eat. I went straight to the room, crying, I called my mother: ‘I want to leave. I’m going home’”. The story continued after the player had cooled down: “I said, ‘I’ll hold it’. The game turned 0 to 0 (at halftime). With five minutes (second half), Mbappé scored the goal. Then he called me. Then I came in, made an assist and scored a goal and we turned around. In the other game, I thought I was going to play and I didn’t. So, there was a lot of this stuff with him. And it’s not easy. Is very difficult. But the guy evolves, right?“.

Afterwards, Jesus spoke about what, in the Spaniard’s game, took him out of his mind: “The only friction I had with Guardiola was this, waiting, not having to worry about not touching the ball, not participating in the game. He always asked me that, and it bothered me. There was a game where I touched the ball three times in the first half. I was crazy. Even if it was a hat trick, I go crazy. I want to play, I want to be involved“.

Even so, Guardiola has publicly stated that Gabriel would be one of the nicest people he has ever worked with. In six years at Manchester City, Jesus participated in 236 matches, scoring 95 goals, in addition to winning 11 titles for the club, all possible national titles in England.