UCL: ‘Tears In My Eyes’ – Jesus Scores Brace As Arsenal Defeat Inter Milan 3:1
Gabriel Jesus scored twice as Arsenal defeated Inter Milan 3:1 to maintain their 100% record in the Champions League and guarantee themselves a top-two finish in the league phase of the competition.
Arsenal have now won seven consecutive games for the first time in the history of the competition, they are also guaranteed a top two finish in the group phase.
Arteta’s men have 21 points from seven matches, six ahead of second place Real Madrid while Inter Milan drop out of the top eight to occupy the ninth position.
“It’s a dream night,” Jesus told Amazon Prime adding, “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.
“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.
“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.
Meanwhile, Real Madrid romped to a 6-1 win over Monaco at the Santiago Bernabeu thanks to a brace from Kylian Mbappe while Franco Mastantuono, Vinicius Junior, Jude Bellingham added the other goals, and Tito Kehrer scored an own goal before Jordan Teze scored a consolation for Monaco.
Luis Suarez scored a brace for Sporting Lisbon to lead them to a shock 2-1 win over defending champions PSG.
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Tottenham eased their poor run of form with a 2-0 win over Dortmund thanks to goals from Christian Romero, and Dominic Solanke.
Ajax defeated Villarreal 2-1 in Spain while Olympiakos pipped Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 while Copenhagen and Napoli played out a 1-1 draw.
Action resumes on Wednesday with Bayern Munich taking on Union Saint-Gilloise, and Marseille welcoming Liverpool to France.
