The Brazilian striker is only 25 years old but has a wealth of experience and has won many accolades, including four Premier League titles with Manchester City. While Arsenal impressed at times against Erik ten Hag’s side at Old Trafford, Jesus admitted he was naive. Start your evenings with the Guardian’s view of the world of football Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain information about charities, online advertising and content sponsored by external parties. For more information, see our Privacy Policy. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and Google’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. “The feeling is disappointment because we are playing, controlling the game and [before] the first two goals we conceded we were better than them, the opponent. And then we just concede,” he said. “But now is the time to learn from it and improve. We are doing so well this season, but there are still things to improve on for everyone, as individuals and as a team. All together and we stay united till the end. We came to play against a strong opponent and it’s always difficult, it’s the Premier League. So we’re not happy because, in my opinion, we could have won because we played a lot better [than them]. But that’s football, they have quality and then if you don’t go there and score, you’re going to be in big trouble – and that’s what happened.” Arsenal begin their Europa League campaign in Zurich on Thursday, then host Everton on Sunday in their next Premier League game. Jesus was asked if the defeat to United could affect them in the future. He said: “If you look at our squad you can see we are still young. They are the youngest team in the league, in the toughest league in the world. We play so well and then we play against an opponent, who is also young, but we have to learn from it. “We have to stick together and improve as a team and not think about that. This [the United game] left. Nobody is perfect. No team in the world is perfect and we have to play to score and not concede. This is football and this is what we do, but sometimes the opponent has quality. They come and they can score. Now it’s our challenge to improve a lot of things and come back strong.”
