Viktor Gyokeres proves doubts errors with brilliant opening goals for Arsenal when Gunners run riots to lift the Emirates Cup
Gunners ended the signer of the striker at £ 63.7 million from Sporting Lisbon towards the end of July and ended an annoying long wait for supporters to sign an out-and-out-no. 9.
Gyokeres debuted for the club in its 1-0 defeat against the northern London rivals Tottenham in Hong Kong.
He also failed to net against Villarreal during the week, but made the third time luck on Saturday with the visit by Athletic Bilbao.
The 27-year-old was the opener in his last match before the season in the summer with a thumping headline from the colleague who signed Martin Zubimendi’s cross.
Gyokeres did only four times with their heads to play over 102 performances in Portugal – which led to Jibes from rival supporters that Arsenal’s new frontman cannot nettorials.
But he proved the doubters wrong with an excellent first goal, with Gunners who hopes that they can fully utilize his flight ability this season.
Bukayo Saka nets just a few moments later to put Gunners 2-0 ahead at half time before Kai haveertz added a third late, before winning 6-5 in a penalty.
The fixture has arrived just over a week until they open their Premier League campaign with a trip to Manchester United.
It gives them the opportunity to make an excellent start to what they hope will be another title fee.
And if Gyokeres shoots on all cylinders throughout the season, Arsenal can end their 21-year-old wait for the title.
He netted 97 times over two seasons for Sporting, although the Premier League comes as a much tougher test.
How good are Gyokeres?
Gyokere’s former teammate in Coventry City Ben Sheaf joined Talksport and revealed what Arsenal can expect from the striker.
“To play with Vik and know him as a person, I think he will enjoy the challenge. He definitely has the attribute to influence there.
“He gives Arsenal something that they may not really have at the moment in the squad they have. I would definitely support him to influence.
“They have shouted for a real number nine. Hafertz has done a fantastic job up there, but he is a different profile than VIK.
“He is the real number nine. Leading line, hungry to score goals and a real goal score.
“I think it’s something they’ve probably called for. Fans have definitely called for it during the past year or so.
“He can end both feet. When he was here he would always end the training and go and go absolutely crush balls.
“He would just like to end, end, always end after the training. He was very relentless, very driven and took a lot of his frustration out on the ball in finishing the drills.
“He was obviously good for us and you can say he was ready to move on and he was always looking to do bigger and better things.”