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Gabriel Jesus scored twice in his first Arsenal appearance, while West Ham thrashed Servette 2-0 in their pre-season opener

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Gunners' £45m signing Jesus came on and scored within 90 seconds of coming on for Mohamed Elneny, who equalised for the visitors. Jesus netted again alongside two FC Nurnberg own goals in a 5-3 win Image Source Arsenal came from behind to beat FC Nurnberg 5-3 thanks to a brace from Gabriel Jesus in his first appearance for the Gunners After completing a £45 million transfer from Manchester City earlier this summer, the Brazilian striker came on at half-time in Germany with the Gunners 2-0 down and scored high into the net from Ainsley Maitland-Niles' pass. Before Christpher Schindler and Tim Handwerker scored two own goals to give Arsenal the lead, Mohamed Elneny equalised for Mikel Arteta's side. After Lukas Schleimer equalised for the Germans, Jesus netted a fifth goal for Arsenal at the front post with 15 minutes remaining. Pre-season game went horribly wrong for Arteta's side despite a strong line-up of starters, including Emile Smith Rowe, Nicolas Pepe, and Kiera