Arsenal striker Viktor Gyokeres has not scored in his last six appearances for the Gunners, prompting debate about his impact since his £63.4m move from Sporting Lisbon in the summer.
The Swedish international has only found the back of the net in 2 matches in total, with his brace versus Leeds and his tap-in against Nottingham Forest his only goals so far.
A clip showing all of Gyokeres’s chances has been doing the rounds on social media, and fans on X are split on whether the 27-year-old will end up being a success at the Emirates:
This is poor if this was Havertz he’d be getting crucified
— ⚡️ (@clinicalkai) October 6, 2025
He will come good, dude had no pre season and looks to be getting sharper by the day, also his constantly stretching the back line with his run, best judge him at the end of the season.
— Awbare (@AvaterProphet) October 6, 2025
Lol he’s clearly not good enough. By far the weakest link in this team. I’m done blaming Arteta and the players for not creating enough for him. This guy is a championship player at best. Lacks the technical quality to play for a team like Arsenal.
— Bariledum (@lenoxito) October 6, 2025
Definitely he is going to cook.
Look at his movement man!The fact that we now have a CF to push the ball to with high chance of scoring is a crazy improvement.
— Promisehenry (@_Promisehenry) October 6, 2025
Throughout the compilation, I wondered if saka was in a similar position, for some of these chances would they have been converted… can't help but say they would have.
— Spooks3 (@TheSpookSpeaks) October 7, 2025
He's movement, turning, controls and finishing is soo poor he really need to up his game
— 😈NEO ☦️ (@heis_Neo_) October 7, 2025
Gyokeres has to prove the doubters wrong
The forward does need to start putting some of his chances away if he is going to silence the critics. He did make some excellent runs against West Ham and got himself into good positions.
There were two separate occasions where Gyokeres was just a toe away from converting crosses across the six-yard box. If he can get sharper in those areas, it would certainly help his goal return.
Lineker believes the Arsenal star will be a success
Legendary striker Gary Lineker says he has seen enough of Gyokeres during the opening 10 matches to be convinced that he can be a valuable asset to Mikel Arteta’s side:
“I think that even though he’s not banged loads of goals in yet, but he’s got his fair share, Gyokeres, I think he gives them something different.”
“He gives them a threat behind, which creates more space for the midfield and even the wide players, and he’s aggressive with his running and he likes to spin and he attacks the space in the box.
“The goals will come for him because with the service that I think he’ll inevitably get, particularly now Saka is back in the mix and looks like his old self after his injury.”
We shall see whether Lineker is proven correct with his assessment over the coming weeks and months.
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