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Viktor Gyokeres: Arsenal striker on his critics and THAT celebration as he prepares to face Manchester Metropolis
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Viktor Gyokeres: Arsenal striker on his critics and THAT celebration as he prepares to face Manchester Metropolis

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By Tycoon Herald 8 Min Read Published September 21, 2025
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“Nobody cared who I was until I put on the mask.”

It’s the well-known quote from the arch-villain Bane in the newest Batman trilogy that has impressed the previous few years of Viktor Gyokeres’ profession.

It has not solely impressed a celebration that has grow to be iconic throughout European soccer, however an aura across the Swedish ahead. He’s a hazard, somebody to be feared.

Gyokeres adopting that celebration throughout his days at Coventry marked a turning level for the ahead. He went from a participant who struggled in two mortgage spells at Swansea and the Sky Blues – to a 20-goal ahead within the Championship.

That kind took him to Sporting CP in Portugal, the place his 97 targets in 102 matches introduced him to Arsenal and the Premier League.

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Gyokeres’ celebration has been a turning level in his profession

“Yeah it makes sense a little bit with how things turned out for me!” Gyokeres tells Sky Sports activities – in an unique interview with Patrick Davison – about whether or not that objective celebration modified the course of his profession.

“After I started doing it, I started to score more goals. And it made me to do the mask more often.”

Gyokeres’ journey to Arsenal’s foremost man up entrance has not been straight ahead. It has been a winding path of ups and downs – throughout a number of nations together with his native Sweden and Germany.

It was in his dwelling nation when he acquired his first doubter within the type of a coach at Underneath-14s stage.

“It was quite early when I was in Sweden,” he recollects. “We had some matches in the district and I didn’t play so well – and he thought I didn’t look so bothered that I didn’t perform in that particular game.

“He stated I did not have the psychological half to make it in soccer. That one caught with me and I nonetheless bear in mind it in the present day.”

The scrutiny has not stopped for Gyokeres, even after his £63.5m move to Arsenal. Today, the 27-year-old still has his critics.

Man Utd's Matthijs de Ligt (right) and Arsenal's Viktor Gyokeres battle for the ball
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Gyokeres gained criticism for his shows in opposition to Liverpool and Man Utd

He has silenced a number of of them with three targets in 4 video games – which matches up along with his document in Portuguese soccer – however then the performances away at Liverpool and Manchester United left a lot to be desired.

“It’s been different games,” he says about his begin to Premier League life. “Some games have been tougher – where I couldn’t perform how I wanted. That’s maybe depending on how the game looked. But I had games where I felt very good.

“So it has been up and down however general, I’ve managed to attain a number of targets and we gained a lot of the video games. So it has been fairly begin, but it surely might be higher.”

After only one recreation – the place Arsenal beat United 1-0 at Previous Trafford – Gyokeres acquired criticism that he touched his hair extra instances than the ball. When he netted twice in opposition to Leeds six days later, he responded with a hair flick celebration of his personal.

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Arsenal ahead Viktor Gyokeres discusses his hair flick celebration and whether or not it was in response to critics’ response to his debut efficiency in opposition to Manchester United.

So does Gyokeres take heed to the critics?

“You have to do your own thing, you have to adapt to where you’re playing,” he says. “You have to believe in yourself and keep going, no matter what happens – whether that’s on the pitch or outside.

“I do not suppose you must absorb what everybody round you says. You do not have to take heed to every thing you hear.”

Asked if the scrutiny is bigger here than in other parts of his career, the Arsenal striker replies: “Yeah possibly? After I performed in Portugal there was additionally a variety of that. They reside for soccer there as properly.

“So in one sense, it’s a bit similar but of course it’s much, much bigger here. They analyse everything you do. But that’s the way it is, there’s nothing wrong with that.

“Possibly it is not my No 1 precedence to learn every thing that is being stated or what folks write. It is simply take into consideration the issues you possibly can management and do these issues proper.

Arsenal's Viktor Gyokeres doubles their lead early in the second half (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
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Arsenal’s Viktor Gyokeres has scored three targets in his first 4 Premier League video games

“Train everyday, play games and of course the things around that prepare you for the next game, the things where you can take care of your body. It’s those things – and of course try to switch off sometimes.”

As Gyokeres says, he simply has to adapt to life in England – and shortly. Regardless that he has expertise of taking part in with England, he has uprooted his total life to hitch Mikel Arteta’s squad.

“You change a lot when you move to another country,” he says. “It goes quick and then the season starts after a few weeks and you have to sort everything out around you as well.

“That is the largest change while you make a transfer like this, it is nothing particular – simply every thing without delay. It is a regular factor, however you simply must adapt.”

But there are some games where there is no time to adapt – such as the visit of Manchester City to the Emirates, live on Sky Sports on Super Sunday.

The last time Gyokeres faced Pep Guardiola’s side, he scored a hat-trick in a 4-1 Champions League win for Sporting. And the 27-year-old is eyeing up another big performance.


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“There are big teams in the Premier League where you have to perform in these games,” he says.

“Those games, we look forward to and we want to win.”

Watch Arsenal vs Man Metropolis reside on Sky Sports activities this Sunday, kick-off 4.30pm

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