Fully recovered from knee surgery, Gabriel Jesus made a second-half appearance in Arsenal's 3-0 Champions League win at Club Brugge.
The Brazil striker forced two saves and also hit the crossbar.
“First of all, I want to say thank you to God,” he said after the game. “If it was not for God, I'm 100 per cent sure I would not be here with this mentality, with this health, with this belief.
“In the first three months, I had a lot of doubts in my head, and then I could be more focused on what God wants from me.”
The 28 year-old added: “Everyone was expecting me to score and obviously, I wanted to score. I had some opportunities, but even with that, I'm so happy and so pleased, because to come back and then to have some touches that I had tonight, and then the way I could move, the way I could keep the ball.
“So with 11 months of helping myself and then feeling scared to come back different, maybe with some limitations, just to walk outside and then play with the boys, I'm so pleased. I feel more than ready.
“So, I'm here to say God saved my life.”