Gabriel Jesus claims no-one is safe from Pep Guardiola’s axe at Manchester City .

Jesus was left out against Crystal Palace before being recalled for the win over Shakhtar Donetsk and the Brazilian says everyone can be dropped because of the intense competition for places.

“If one player is in a better moment, I have to respect that,” said the striker, who was replaced by Raheem Sterling after 54 minutes on Tuesday night.

“I’m OK with that. I accept it.

“If I'm not playing well and deserve to be on the bench, that’s it. And it happens with any player here.

Gabriel Jesus was hooked after 54 minutes against Shakhtar Donetsk (
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Gabriel Jesus claims no-one is safe from Guardiola's axe (
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“Pep is doing great work here, using a lot of players in the squad and every player is helping Manchester City. That’s the most important thing.”

Jesus also dismissed reports City have opened talks over a new deal because of the rapid progress he has made since arriving at the Etihad in January from Palmeiras.

“It does not exist,” he said. “I don't know anything about it. Nothing came to me yet. City did not talk to me about it, neither my agent. So there is nothing in process. My focus is to help Manchester City.”

The Brazilian has dismissed reports of a new deal (
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Jesus is calm about City’s flying start to the season and the Blues have won their last seven games, scoring 26 goals.

He remembers how they faltered last season after making an even better start to the campaign.

“We’re playing well, having an excellent beginning of season,” said the South American. “But it’s just the start of it.

“I wasn’t here at this time last season, but I was following City because I had already decided to come here and City had a great beginning to the season as well.

“After that, the team went downwards. So we have to learn from this experience. We can’t make the same mistake. It’s a good start, but we have to keep the focus on each game to reach our goals.”

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