{"id":37878,"date":"2025-09-22T09:50:54","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T13:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/arteta-defends-gyokeres-is-he-elite-carragher-questions-arsenals-striker\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T09:50:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T13:50:54","slug":"arteta-defends-gyokeres-is-he-elite-carragher-questions-arsenals-striker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/soccer\/arteta-defends-gyokeres-is-he-elite-carragher-questions-arsenals-striker\/","title":{"rendered":"Arteta Defends Gy\u00f6keres: Is He Elite? Carragher Questions Arsenal&#8217;s Striker"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Arteta Defends Gy\u00f6keres After Draw with Manchester City<\/h2>\n\nArsenal manager Mikel Arteta came to the defense of Viktor Gy\u00f6keres after the striker failed to score in the 1-1 draw against Manchester City. Gy\u00f6keres, a \u00a355 million signing, has struggled to shine in matches against top-table rivals.\n\nIn Sunday&#8217;s match, Gy\u00f6keres had a discreet performance, with only 22 touches. This situation was repeated after failing to score in the 1-0 victory against Manchester United and in the defeat by the same score against Liverpool.\n\nArteta highlighted that the striker was close to scoring on several occasions and that the team must strive to generate more opportunities for him.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>There were many situations where the opportunities were there and the final pass was missing.<\/p><cite>Mikel Arteta<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nArteta&#8217;s statements came after Gy\u00f6keres&#8217; performance was questioned, suggesting he might not be an elite player.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a3.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0922%2Fr1549318_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Viktor\u00a0Gy\u00f6keres\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n<em>Viktor Gy\u00f6keres has scored three goals in five Premier League matches with Arsenal, but none against top-6 rivals.<\/em>\n\nAfter the match, it was pointed out that Arsenal&#8217;s problems might be more related to playmaking than to Gy\u00f6keres&#8217; finishing.\n\nIn the midweek match against Athletic Bilbao, Gy\u00f6keres also failed to score, while Gabriel Martinelli, who came on as a substitute, scored a goal.\n\nMartinelli had a significant impact by scoring a goal in stoppage time against Manchester City, after Erling Haaland opened the scoring.\n\nArteta praised Martinelli&#8217;s mentality and highlighted his good form, adding that he expects consistency in the performance of all players, both starters and substitutes.\n\nMartinelli could start in the Carabao Cup third-round match against Port Vale, while Noni Madueke could miss the match after being substituted at halftime against Manchester City.\n\nArteta revealed that Madueke suffered a physical problem at the beginning of the match and could not continue.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arteta Defends Gy\u00f6keres After Draw with Manchester City Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta came to the defense of Viktor Gy\u00f6keres after the striker failed to score in the 1-1 draw against Manchester City. Gy\u00f6keres, a \u00a355 million signing, has struggled to shine in matches against top-table rivals. In Sunday&#8217;s match, Gy\u00f6keres had a discreet performance, with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[140,1200,1181,2447],"class_list":{"0":"post-37878","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-soccer","7":"tag-arsenal","8":"tag-manchester-city","9":"tag-mikel-arteta","10":"tag-viktor-gyokeres"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37878\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}