Viktor Gyokeres scored twice in Arsenal’s 4-1 derby win over Tottenham, incomes reward from Jamie Carragher who beforehand instructed Mikel Arteta to drop him.
Viktor Gyokeres scored twice for Arsenal at Tottenham (Picture: Getty Pictures)
Jamie Carragher has heaped reward on Viktor Gyokeres following his show within the north London derby, regardless of beforehand calling on Mikel Arteta to drop the Arsenal striker from his beginning XI. The 27-year-old Gyokeres struggled in the course of the opening months of his maiden Premier League season, managing simply 5 league objectives. This led some observers to wonder if Arsenal had erred final summer season once they recruited the Sporting Lisbon ahead of their hunt for a brand new quantity 9.
The Gunners’ striker has been in scintillating kind for the reason that new 12 months started, nevertheless, and delivered his most interesting exhibiting in Arsenal colors thus far in the course of the 4-1 thrashing of Tottenham, with Gyokeres netting twice. And Carragher, who acknowledged in December that Gyokeres “should not be beginning” matches forward of the returning Gabriel Jesus, provided the striker excessive reward following Sunday’s emphatic victory.
“The factor I like about Viktor Gyokeres is his mentality,” Carragher instructed Sky Sports activities. “I do not suppose he is a world-class striker or a tremendous striker for Arsenal for the subsequent 5 or years.
“However I completely love his mentality. There isn’t any insecurity with him, he simply will get the ball and bangs it in, it is Alan Shearer-like, that type of mentality.
“However honest play to the supervisor as a result of he is saved him in and he is repaid him in one in every of Arsenal’s greatest video games of the season.”
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