After Viktor Gyokeres made his debut for Arsenal against Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday, manager Mikel Arteta said the team needs to work on him. Riccardo Calafiori scored the only goal of the game for Arsenal, ruining United’s Premier League start.
But the Gunners didn’t play up to their usual level, and one of their biggest summer additions, Gyokeres, didn’t live up to expectations. Viktor Gyokeres is one of the best attackers in Europe. He scored 100 goals in two seasons for his last team, Sporting CP, but he didn’t do well in his first game.
After the game, Mikel Arteta noted that the 27-year-old Swede still needs some work to fit in with the team’s style.
“Well, he did a lot of things very well.” You can tell by our high press and rhythm that we want that we gave them a little too much time, especially in the first half. “We need to work on that with him, especially there,” Arteta added.
“Then, in the last action situation, he didn’t have many chances to accomplish that since we had to play that last ball and the line was standing still with 40 meters to go.
“We couldn’t get the ball to him to take advantage of his skill.” But generally, it’s a terrific start to leave Man United and win your first game with Arsenal.
Arsenal paid more than £60 million to get Gyokeres from Sporting.
