Gyokeres Must Score More Goals – Anders Limpar

Arsenal striker Viktor Gyokeres should sharpen his technical game, club legend Anders Limpar has said. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, even though the former Sporting CP striker has a commendable work rate during matches, Gyokeres still needs to improve his hold-up play and goal return at the Emirates.

Limpar added that the ball constantly bouncing off the Swedish forward is definitely not a good look.

His words, “I’d score Viktor Gyokeres six out of 10 for his season so far. He has been absolutely tremendous in some days, like in the North London derby when he scored two and was man of the match, but between those games, it’s not been so good.

If you’re a striker and you’re being substituted in the 67th minute a couple of games, then you’re no good. His work rate for a centre-forward is tremendous. [But] I would say Gyokeres deserves a strong six for the season so far. In my opinion, with all the world class players Arsenal have, Gyokeres should have scored more goals.

We see the ball bounce off him too much sometimes. He needs to improve the technical sides of his game. In my view, Gabriel Jesus is not even close to Viktor in terms of his goalscoring ability but on the other hand Viktor is not even close to Jesus and his technique. He is so smooth. He receives the ball well. He brings people into the game. We’ve seen that from Jesus when he’s fit. He can be unbelievable on the ball.

Viktor needs to look at Kai Havertz. When they play the ball to Havertz he never ever loses the ball and that’s the best achievement you can have as a player, and it’s best asset Havertz has, but he is not as quick as Viktor and he doesn’t have Viktor’s nose for scoring goals. If Viktor can improve the technical side of his game, focus on technique every day in training, on receiving the ball and keeping it and getting more involved in play a little bit more, he can be one of the great Arsenal players.”

WOW.

Arsenal Football Club is an English professional football club based in Holloway, North London. Arsenal compete in the Premier League, the top flight of English football.

The club has won 13 league titles (including one unbeaten title), a record 14 FA Cups, two League Cups, 17 FA Community Shields, the Football League Centenary Trophy, one European Cup Winners’ Cup and one Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. In terms of trophies won, it is the third-most successful club in English football.

After conducting an overhaul in the club’s operating model to coincide with Wenger’s departure, Spaniard Unai Emery was named as the club’s new head coach on 23 May 2018. He became the club’s first ever ‘head coach’ and second manager from outside the United Kingdom.

In Emery’s first season, Arsenal finished fifth in the Premier League and as runner-up in the Europa League. On 29 November 2019, Emery was dismissed as manager and former player and assistant first team coach Freddie Ljungberg was appointed as interim head coach. On 20 December 2019, Arsenal appointed former club captain Mikel Arteta as the new head coach. Arsenal finished the league season in eighth, their lowest finish since 1994–95, but beat Chelsea 2–1 to earn a record-extending 14th FA Cup win. After the season. Arteta’s title was changed from head coach to manager.