Brazil's game against Argentina in the World Cup Qualifiers last month was suspended after health officials removed four Argentinean players from the pitch for breaching quarantine rules.
The result lifted Manchester City above Chelsea in the standings, on goal difference after six games, but there was a greater significance to the victory.
Brazil national football team is scheduled to play Venezuela (October 7), Colombia (October 10) and Uruguay (October 14) in World Cup Qualifiers.
Several footballers were called up for World Cup qualifiers but didn’t travel after Premier League teams objected to them going UK's red-listed countries
Gabriel Jesus was sent off shortly before the second half of Brazil's victory against Chile after he hit Eugenio Mena with a flying kick
Manchester City are 17 points clear of Manchester United, albeit having played two games more than Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's men
Jesus once again failed to convince on the big occasion as Manchester United stopped Manchester City in their tracks.
Gabriel Jesus scored a late double as Manchester City's extended their incredible winning run to 21 matches with a 4-1 defeat of Wolves.
Manchester City stretched their club-record winning run to 13 matches as Gabriel Jesus and Raheem Sterling were on target at Turf Moor.
Manchester City's streak is the longest winning run by a Premier League side since Arsenal racked up 12 in a row between August and October 2007
An early goal from Gabriel Jesus and a disciplined defensive performance helped Manchester City add to their Premier League lead
Halted by coronavirus this week, Manchester City are getting back to training after returning no new positive tests
Manchester City revealed on Christmas Day that Gabriel Jesus, Kyle Walker and two members of staff have tested positive for coronavirus.
Manchester City and Porto will progress as winners and runners-up respectively from Champions League Group C after a goalless draw
Sergio Aguero had a penalty saved but Manchester City still managed to overcome Leicester City 1-0 thanks to a late Gabriel Jesus goal
Ahead of the Manchester derby, Manchester City bounced back from their draw with Newcastle United by beating Burnley 4-1
Manchester City's England Premier League winning streak ended with a 2-2 draw against Tottenham as a late Gabriel Jesus strike was ruled out by VAR
Gabriel Jesus and everyone else on the field thought he had put Manchester City 3-0 up against West Ham until VAR intervened during defending champions first...
Gabriel Jesus scored one goal and assisted another before being sent off as Brazil won a first Copa America title in 12 years, defeating Peru 3-1.