Mikel Arteta believes Arsenal are lastly on “the right trajectory” to unlocking Viktor Gyokeres’s full potential.
The Sweden worldwide obtained off to a sluggish begin after becoming a member of the Premier League leaders from Sporting Lisbon final summer season, however he has now scored eight objectives in all competitions because the begin of 2026 and, with 10 within the league this season, has already scored greater than any Arsenal participant did final time period.
Arteta put the 27-year-old’s kind all the way down to constructive momentum however prompt there’s extra to come back from Gyokeres, who scored twice in Sunday’s north London derby.
“I think one thing leads to another,” mentioned Arteta. “When you score the first one or the performances are good, you have more time with your team-mates, you understand the games, the opponent, the league better. Everything helps.
We all know his [Gyokeres’s] qualities. He’s undoubtedly an unimaginable striker. We have to feed to his high quality, we have to perceive him higher, he wants to grasp the workforce, the league higher
“We know his qualities. He is undoubtedly an incredible striker. We need to feed to his quality, we need to understand him better, he needs to understand the team, the league better, I think we are in the right trajectory.”
Requested if Gyokeres had struggled with confidence, Arteta replied: “That is a query for him. Clearly I do know the calls for he places on himself, the expectation that he has to assist the workforce and I’m assured as a result of a number of the instances, our defenders, once they have to coach towards our gamers, [you ask], ‘How do you’re feeling when [you face him]?’ and [they say], ‘It is a nightmare’.
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“That’s a really good way to understand the quality of a player or how it is to defend him.”
Arsenal will look to increase their benefit on the prime of the league once they host Chelsea on Sunday, buoyed by the excellent victory over struggling Spurs to go away them 5 factors away from Manchester Metropolis, who’ve a sport in hand.
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Chelsea are winless of their final eight Premier League video games towards Arsenal, drawing three and dropping 5, however Arteta mentioned that statistic “doesn’t change the preparation”.
He added: “What we’ve done two weeks ago or two years ago is irrelevant, because every game and context is different. The players might change, the mood of the teams can be in a different state or what is at stake is different, and we are prepared.”
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Arteta is keenly conscious of what stays on the road: a Premier League title, tantalisingly shut, after three consecutive seasons of ending runners-up.
“When you finish like this you only want to be first. That’s it,” he added. “That’s the aim. Always get better, always try to excel the possibilities of the team.”
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