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Gabriel Jesus stretchered off for Brazil after hefty elbow from his own clubmate

Published 17:07 9 Jun 2017 BST

Darragh Murphy
Gabriel Jesus stretchered off for Brazil after hefty elbow from his own clubmate

Homesport

We're going out on a limb here but maybe this won't go down all that well with Manchester City boss, Pep Guardiola.

Nicolas Otamendi left his mark on City stablemate, Gabriel Jesus, during an international friendly between Brazil and Argentina on Friday morning in Australia. Pep Guardiola will have been watching through his fingers when his temperamental defender landed a solid elbow on Jesus, who spent a large portion of his debut Premier League season out of action due to injury. It appeared innocuous enough but the damage was such that a stretcher was required to take Jesus off the pitch late on in the game, which ended 1-0 in favour of Argentina. Gabriel Mercado scored the match's only goal, on the stroke of half-time, to give Jorge Sampaoli his first victory as Argentina boss. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnLgFpvzw7s And while the game was pegged as a friendly, meetings of Brazil and Argentina are seldom anything but ferocious. Just ask Jesus, who will be nursing a bad headache all weekend. https://twitter.com/OliverBerisford/status/873149722558705664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportbible.com%2Ffootball%2Fnews-man-city-fans-arent-happy-with-otamendi-injuring-teammate-jesus-20170609 https://twitter.com/TheHartOfMCFC/status/873184467850080257 https://twitter.com/AhsanNaeem/status/873148860952137728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.101greatgoals.com%2Fnews%2Fman-city-fans-fume-nicolas-otamendi-injuring-gabriel-jesus%2F https://twitter.com/rainmanzed/status/873175495956942848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.101greatgoals.com%2Fnews%2Fman-city-fans-fume-nicolas-otamendi-injuring-gabriel-jesus%2F https://twitter.com/MCFC_Aidan/status/873159618171518976 https://twitter.com/OgbeniBiola/status/873150123106328576 https://twitter.com/Gomizmo/status/873148134418808833 https://twitter.com/Kof_Curt/status/873148042073059328 https://twitter.com/darmani20/status/873158492554657797 https://twitter.com/ITSYOURDESTINI1/status/873153016735518721 https://twitter.com/GuardiolaFlair/status/873152699092672513
Gabriel Jesus stretchered off for Brazil after hefty elbow from his own clubmate