{"id":249034,"date":"2026-01-21T01:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T01:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/249034\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T01:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T01:14:09","slug":"inter-milan-1-3-arsenal-gabriel-jesus-enjoys-two-goal-haul-for-gunners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/249034\/","title":{"rendered":"Inter Milan 1-3 Arsenal: Gabriel Jesus enjoys two-goal haul for Gunners"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gabriel Jesus said he had “tears in my eyes” after scoring twice to help Arsenal win 3-1 at Inter Milan<\/a> and seal their place in the Champions League last 16.<\/p>\n

The 28-year-old was making only his third start since returning in December from 11 months out with an anterior cruciate ligament injury.<\/p>\n

Jesus has been at Arsenal<\/a> for four seasons but feels like he has played only “one and a half or two” having endured a series of setbacks.<\/p>\n

The Brazil forward has shown flashes of his quality following his comeback, scoring an excellent fourth goal in Arsenal<\/a>‘s 4-1 thrashing of Aston Villa<\/a> last month but, against Inter, he looked back to his best.<\/p>\n

“It’s a dream night,” Jesus told Amazon Prime after the Gunners maintained their 100% record in this season’s Champions League with a club-record seventh successive win in the competition.<\/p>\n

“I always dreamed of being a footballer. I watched when I was a kid. I watched a lot of Serie A, so to be here in this stadium and score here is tears in my eyes because I always dreamed of being here.<\/p>\n

“There is always a reason that things happen, whether it’s good things or difficult things. I learned that during my 11 months out of the field.<\/p>\n

“It is always difficult to play against Inter Milan. We came here last season and lost. Tonight we played better than them, we controlled them but they are a top team and they attack.<\/p>\n

“We scored at the end and got the three points. We have to keep going because we have another one at the weekend.”<\/p>\n

His two goals ended a run of 10 Champions League games without scoring – the last one coming in a 6-0 win over Lens on 29 November, 2023.<\/p>\n

Gunners fans have been calling for Jesus to start since he came back to full fitness, with summer signing Viktor Gyokeres struggling for form and goals. <\/p>\n

The Swede got on the scoresheet in Milan with an fine curling effort, but his strike for Arsenal<\/a>‘s late third was just his second from open play in his past 13 games.<\/p>\n

Gyokeres, though, does have two in his last three games after netting in the Carabao Cup semi-final first-leg win at Chelsea<\/a>, while Kai Havertz offers another forward option following his return from a knee injury.<\/p>\n

“Everyone wants to start,” added Jesus. “I am a very respectful guy. I am not a kid anymore, I am 28, so I understand football.<\/p>\n

“I am very happy Vik came on and scored a goal. I am so happy I scored and Vik scored. I am confident Kai will score when he gets the chance.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gabriel Jesus said he had “tears in my eyes” after scoring twice to help Arsenal win 3-1 at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249035,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-249034","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}