The Swede and Arsenal fought for several weeks to get the Sporting management to accept the transfer. At the end of July, Gunners fans could finally see the striker with 54 goals in 52 games pull on the Arsenal shirt. The 27-year-old didn’t need many minutes in a new shirt to score, in the friendly match against Athletic Club, the former Sporting striker delivered a delicious and straightforward goal with his header. Not surprisingly, Arsenal supporters had the expectation of seeing Zorro’s goal celebration at Old Trafford in his Premier League debut as well.
Something happened here that Gyökeres hardly remembers doing similarly. In fact, 69 league games since he walked off the pitch with the same clean record.
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The Swede has of course gone off the pitch without scoring during his time at Sporting, but in the last 69 games at least he has had finishes in the direction of the opponents’ goal. Not in his Premier League debut against Manchester United.
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The BBC has flipped back through the statistics and found out this is the first time since 2023 that Viktor Gyökeres has not recorded a finish in a league game.
wow! For a striker who has been hailed as one of the world’s best this past season, the encounter with the world’s toughest league was brutal.
Arsenal still carved their way to victory with this goal:
