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Toure wants Jesus to remain focused
Yaya Toure has urged his Manchester City team-mate Gabriel Jesus to remain focused and not get too excited by his bright start at the Etihad Stadium.
Jesus has made an immediate impact since completing his move to City in January, scoring three goals in his first four appearances, including a last-minute strike in the 2-1 defeat to Swansea on Sunday.
Toure has been impressed with the Brazilian but he is worried that too much expectation could case the 19-year-old to lose focus.
“He is a very good player. He’s very quick, sharp and clever," Toure told the club's official website.
“We realise we have to be careful, though, and we shouldn’t get too excited because he has to be focused.
“What we want to do is just continue to keep going and at the end of the season we can talk about him.
“We have to keep focused because we have important games coming up and we have to be ready for that as well.”
City are just a point behind second-place Tottenham but they are still ten points adrift of league leaders Chelsea.
Manager Pep Guardiola has warned it will take a big effort to close the gap on the Blues, but Toure believes they can challenge for the title if they can maintain their current good form.
“It was a good performance [against Swansea]. We needed to win and it was very important to get the three points to be close for the rest of the season and we did the job," the Ivorian said.
“We are 10 points behind Chelsea. I think it’s tough. The Premier League is very, very tough and all we have to do is just focus on ourselves and keep going.
“If we continue to win I think it’ll be a very, very exciting end to the season.
“Now, with the quality of players we have, we just have to perform well.
“That’s the most important thing, to keep winning because the Premier League is so demanding, so tough."
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