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Jesus

Gazza M

CPM his workrate and pressing was top in his first season here before the injuries started to bite. it looks like a confidence, fitness and rhythm issue. he's better than he's been showing lately

Claudius

Lost in the Jesus conversation is the injuries and the fact that he played through injury instead of taking time off like Tomi and others. So he probably set himself back. His form
Right now isn’t surprising at all. The question is are the injuries going to continue and will he ever rediscover his peak.

It makes you wonder about Ben White. I hope we haven’t run him into the ground while celebrating his willingness to run through brick walls

CPM

The injuries are never “lost in the conversation” with Jesus, it’s all anyone ever talks about. He’s been “coming back from injury” for two years now.

It’s nice that Jesus pressed at his best but that is a secondary job as a center forward. In possession he’s rarely in the right place or making the right runs.

Claudius

CPM actually no. Pressing isn’t a secondary job in this system. We generate 30 shots because we keep the ball in the opponents’ defensive third. And that’s largely down to pressing. If we let the ball get to our half, we then need to carry it back and face up against organized defenses. Pressing is a critical offensive weapon for our team.
I refer you to the Kai goal.

CPM

Claudius Pressing is important, I didn’t mean to diminish that. But that Havertz goal comes from him immediately making an aggressive forward run into a dangerous position as soon as Saka wins the ball back, and taking a first touch toward goal. That’s what Jesus doesn’t do, and that — as opposed to simply missing chances — is what is hard to live with.

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