Gabriel Jesus brace helps Arsenal outgun Leicester in six-goal thriller

Whisper it quietly but Arsenal may just have found exactly what they were looking for. A virtuoso display from Gabriel Jesus yielded his first two goals for the club and a second victory to begin the season for Mikel Arteta’s side in perfect fashion.

Even Leicester’s late fightback after William Saliba’s own goal and James Maddison’s strike could not stop the hosts, as Granit Xhaka and Gabriel Martinelli made sure of the points in the second half. It is certainly some contrast to the start of last season, when two defeats left Arsenal bottom of the Premier League table and Arteta facing serious questions about his future. Yet despite the disappointment of missing out on Champions League qualification in May, there is already evidence of his team’s progression following a busy summer in the transfer market that included the purchase of Jesus from Manchester City.

On a roasting day in north London, every Arsenal player had received an enthusiastic welcome before kick-off as Arteta picked the same side that started from the win over Crystal Palace last week. But, as if to underline the expectation surrounding his arrival from City, there was an extra loud roar reserved for Jesus. Having blown a 2-0 lead in their opening game against Brentford last week, Brendan Rodgers also opted for an unchanged side and arranged his team into formation that was designed to soak pressure and hit Arsenal on the break.

That plan almost paid dividends inside the opening three minutes when Aaron Ramsdale had to make a save to deny the marauding Wesley Fofana. After that early wake-up call, Arsenal took control. Half of the crowd thought Jesus had scored when his header from Martinelli’s free kick found the side netting before Fofana was shown a yellow card for pulling back Martinelli. The France Under-21 international is expected to be the subject of a new bid from Chelsea this week, with Leicester holding out for a fee in excess of £80m. Yet he was powerless to stop Granit Xhaka rattling a header from Bukayo Saka’s cross against the post, with Oleksandr Zinchenko ballooning the rebound over the bar.

The moment all Arsenal supporters had been waiting for came soon afterwards, with Jesus adjusting his feet brilliantly after receiving the ball inside the area before curling a superb shot past Danny Ward via a small deflection. It was the 25-year-old’s sixth goal against Leicester in eight matches and they did not have to wait long for the next. Lurking at the back post for a corner, the ball seemed to be drawn to Jesus’s forehead like a magnet after Leicester’s defenders had failed to clear. He could have had a hat-trick 60 seconds later after pouncing on a mistake by Jonny Evans, although a last-ditch tackle from Daniel Amartey and Ward’s legs rescued the visitors for the time being.

The Leicester goalkeeper was called into action again soon after when Jesus combined superbly with Martinelli on the left flank. Down on the touchline, Rodgers looked perplexed as his team laboured in the heat. But a quick break that saw Jamie Vardy hit the deck after reaching the ball before Ramsdale appeared to have offered Leicester an unlikely route back into the game just before the break when the referee, Darren England, pointed to the spot. Much to the delight of the home fans, that was swiftly overruled by VAR after replays showed there had been minimal contact, although Vardy escaped a booking.

Despite all the optimism during half-time, however, Arsenal showed they still have the propensity to shoot themselves in the foot. A harmless long ball forward at the start of the second half should have caused no dramas even after James Justin won the initial header. But after his excellent debut against Palace last week, Saliba’s intervention as he tried to guide the ball back to Ramsdale was not one to remember.

Fortunately for the Frenchman, Leicester were also in the giving mood and Ward’s failure to gather a simple cross two minute later allowed Xhaka to restore the two-goal cushion. Rodgers responded by abandoning his three-man defence and throwing on Dennis Praet and Patson Daka, before Kelechi Iheanacho was summoned to replace Vardy. A last-ditch clearance from Saliba was required to keep out the Nigerian but when Iheanacho set up Maddison to make it 3-2 with 16 minutes left, it seemed like Leicester could even snatch a point. Fortunately for Arteta, Jesus set up Martinelli to score a fourth goal that finally put the game beyond Leicester’s reach.

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