Arsenal had a training session on Tuesday to get ready for their Premier League match against Everton. Gabriel Jesus also made his long-awaited return from injury.
Arsenal continued to get ready for their game against Everton on Tuesday when star striker Gabriel Jesus showed up for the first time in a long time.
Jesus hasn’t been able to play since he got hurt while playing for Brazil at the World Cup. Eddie Nketiah has filled in for him. But now the summer signing is back to training with the rest of the team, though he probably won’t be ready to play against Everton.
The Gunners will have to work hard to beat Sean Dyche’s team, but they have the chance to go five points clear at the top of the Premier League table if they win. Here, Mirror Football looks more closely at Arsenal’s last practice before their game against Everton.
Jesus is back on the job
Gabriel Jesus is back with the team, which is the big news from Arsenal’s practice. The last few months have been hard without the Brazilian, but Eddie Nketiah has done a great job filling in.
Now, it looks like Jesus could be getting close to a full return to the field, but the game against Everton might be too soon for him. As he took part in the meeting, Jesus was all smiles.
The striker was seen running, which was a big step on his way to getting better. He was also seen controlling a ball, which was another big step. Arteta will be happy to see that his star striker is doing so well.
Zinchenko’s strict rules
Oleksandr Zinchenko seemed to show how upset he was.
Oleksandr Zinchenko telling his teammates to stop celebrating his equalizer and instead go back and score a winner was one of the most memorable parts of their recent win over Aston Villa.
On Tuesday, as the Gunners were getting ready to play Everton, these high standards seemed to be on display once again. The Ukrainian was seen getting angry and yelling at his teammates.
During an exercise, Zinchenko may have been trying to get them to work harder by holding his arms out to his sides and making an annoyed face. Arteta will be counting on Zinchenko to help keep standards high as the season comes to a close.
The giants fight
Mikel Arteta, the manager of the Gunners, put his players in a series of drills where they had to defend against and attack each other. Jorginho played against Fabio Vieira, and Martin Odegaard, the captain, played against Kieran Tierney.
But the match between Ben White and Rob Holding might have been the most interesting. White and Holding are now the backup center backs to William Saliba and Gabriel. White is also doing a great job at right back, since Holding can only play a role off the bench.
The drill looked like a ball was coming up from far away, and Holding was looking up at it. White, on the other hand, had his arm out in what looked like a more defensive move.
Stepping up the return
The best thing about Tuesday’s practice was seeing Jesus back on the field, but there was also good news about Jakub Kiwior. The defender joined the team in January, but he hasn’t played in a single game yet.
On Monday, he played for the Under-21s in a Premier League 2 game against Chelsea. They lost. He had a busy week, and the next morning he was back in for first-team training. Arteta was happy that he hadn’t been hurt in his first game.
“They were really good, but they needed some time to get used to different situations and haven’t had much of that yet. We were glad to see them on the field because we’ll need them in the next few games “‘About Kiwior and Emile Smith Rowe,’ he said.
Saliba all smiles
Some people were worried that William Saliba and Gabriel, who plays with him at center back, had a fight during the win over Leicester on Saturday. But Tuesday’s practice seems to have put to rest fears that there might be trouble in the Arsenal camp.
During training, Saliba was all smiles as he laughed and joked with his teammates. At one point, he was also seen raising his arms to the sky and looking up while he was happy.