Manchester City-bound forward Gabriel Jesus scored one and set
up another as Brazil made it six wins in a row with a 2-0 victory over Peru.
Not since qualifying for the 1970
World Cup have Brazil won six South American qualifiers in a row, but Ttie's
side put in another impressive display in Lima to keep a fourth clean sheet in
as many games.
Having thrashed rivals Argentina
3-0 last week the Samba Boys might have expected to make light work of Peru,
but they were frustrated for the opening 45 minutes.
Jesus, who has agreed a move to
the Etihad Stadium in January, finally broke the deadlock in the second half
and then set up Renato Augusto late on.
The five-time World Cup winners
are now four points clear in the South American group, while defeat leaves Peru
eighth and unlikely to reach Russia 2018.
Fernandinho headed the best chance
of the first half over the bar, but Brazil went ahead 13 minutes after the
restart when Jesus finished well after Peru failed to clear the danger.
Christian Ramos headed wide when
presented with the chance of an equaliser while at the other end Neymar struck
the crossbar.
However, the visitors made the
points safe 11 minutes from time when 19-year-old Jesus set up Renato Augusto,
who dispatched a low effort into the net.
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