{"id":291290,"date":"2023-09-25T22:35:15","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T22:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=291290"},"modified":"2023-09-25T22:35:15","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T22:35:15","slug":"ian-ladyman-states-gabriel-jesus-is-not-an-elite-striker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/ian-ladyman-states-gabriel-jesus-is-not-an-elite-striker\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian Ladyman states Gabriel Jesus is not an elite striker"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Gabriel Jesus is NOT an elite striker and Arsenal will struggle to beat Manchester City to the Premier League title without one, claims IAN LADYMAN on Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Gabriel Jesus is &#8216;not the elite striker Arsenal need to topple Manchester City&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Brazilian missed a golden chance in the Gunners&#8217; draw with Tottenham\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ian Ladyman has claimed\u00a0Gabriel Jesus is not an elite striker and\u00a0Arsenal may not be able to topple Manchester City without one in their forward line.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jesus started in attack in the Gunners&#8217; 2-2 draw with Tottenham in the North London derby on Sunday and while he impressed in his overall display, he spurned a glorious chance to put Arsenal 2-0 ahead in the first half.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian robbed the ball off James Maddison just inside the box but couldn&#8217;t find a finish and blazed his shot over the bar.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Mail Sport&#8217;s It&#8217;s All Kicking Off podcast this week, Ladyman, Mail Sport&#8217;s Football Editor, believes missed opportunities like that show Jesus is not a striker on par with the very best in the Premier League.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ladyman said: &#8216;He&#8217;s not an elite striker, Jesus.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/25\/16\/75815235-12557961-image-a-42_1695654976711.jpg\" height=\"355\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ian Ladyman has claimed Gabriel Jesus is not an elite striker on the new It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/25\/16\/75809719-12557961-Jesus_missed_a_big_chance_for_Arsenal_in_Sunday_s_North_London_d-a-4_1695655629306.jpg\" height=\"426\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jesus missed a big chance for Arsenal in Sunday&#8217;s North London derby against Tottenham\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m not saying that Gabriel Jesus should be nowhere near an Arsenal shirt. That would be ridiculous. What I&#8217;m saying is that I&#8217;m not sure that they have an elite striker. And I wonder &#8211; when the ultimate aim is to try and usurp Manchester City, who do have an elite striker &#8211; whether they can do it without one.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chris Sutton chose to focus on the Brazilian&#8217;s other attributes and the effect he had on Man City in the wide areas as well the improvement his made to the attack since his move to north London.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, Ladyman continued to labour the point on the Gunners striker, questioning if Jesus lived up to his potential at Man City and Pep Guardiola&#8217;s decision to sell him last summer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But Gabriel Jesus was bought by Manchester City to be a long-term replacement for Sergio Aguero and it didn&#8217;t work,&#8217; he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I remember interviewing him when he first came and there was so much fuss about him, so much expectation and it didn&#8217;t work.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He couldn&#8217;t even get Aguero out of the team and Guardiola eventually sold him. Guardiola doesn&#8217;t sell elite footballers, does he? He doesn&#8217;t make many mistakes. People could argue that Zinchenko to Arsenal might have been a mistake. I don&#8217;t know if it was really.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He moved Sterling out to Chelsea.\u00a0That&#8217;s not turned out to be a mistake. I&#8217;m just not sure that Jesus is that person. I&#8217;m not sure his numbers are quite good enough. But we will see.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jesus moved to the Emirates at the start of last season in a \u00a345m deal from City, impressing in the first half of the season before suffering an injury at the World Cup with Brazil that ruled him out until March.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He scored 11 goals in 26 games for the Gunners, whilst this season he has notched once in his first three games of the campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/25\/16\/75815237-12557961-image-a-43_1695654982791.jpg\" height=\"352\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ladyman and Chris Sutton discussed the impact Jesus has made at Arsenal in the new show\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12557961\/Gabriel-Jesus-NOT-elite-striker-Arsenal-struggle-beat-Manchester-City-Premier-League-title-without-one-claims-IAN-LADYMAN-Mail-Sports-podcast-Kicking-Off.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gabriel Jesus is NOT an elite striker and Arsenal will struggle to beat Manchester City to the Premier League title without one, claims IAN LADYMAN on Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off&#8217; 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