The quality of players you require to get from 8th to 5th, differ from the quality of players you need to get from 5th to 2nd, who differ from the quality of players you need to get from 2nd to 1st.
Just because we outgrew Jesus doesn't mean he didn't absolutely raise the standards to get us performing at the level of a CL team.
It's the same story for several players who we left behind like Ramsdale and Zinchenko, and now we're seeing it happen with the likes of Martinelli, Trossard, Partey, Havertz who arguably aren't good enough to lead title winning teams.
