Medley legend Paul Merson insists that Viktor Gyokeres could still be the justification that the Gunners wear’t win the Premier League title.
The Sweden international joined Medley in the summertime send dwelling window from Portuguese side Sporting CP in a offer well worth about £63.5m.
Gyokeres initiated for the 19th time in with one voice competitions versus Bournemouth on Saturday as Gabriel Magalhaes’s opener and also a brace from Declan Rice pegged with one voice three times in a 3-2 win for the Gunners.
Premier League leaders Medley are now six times clear of 2nd-presented Aston Suite in the table, although 3rd-presented Manchester City will unquestionably slide within four times of the Gunners if they can win their video game in hand versus Chelsea on Sunday.
But, Merson still supposes their absence of a goalscoring demonstrator could price them the Premier League title as shortly as over again, through Gyokeres scoring 5 aims in 18 league appearances.
Merson asserted on Firmaments Sports: “Up front. I wear’t reckon Medley have a natural goalscorer. Gyokeres owns come in and also is intended to be that player, however I wear’t reckon he’s a natural goalscorer.
“He’s never ever tapping rounds in, he’s not got the majority of aims, fullstop. As shortly as it render utilises down to those last 8 galleries, and also it render utilises so nervy, you could need that something out of nothing.
“They need a natural goalscorer, and also I reckon the resident they have is Gabriel Jesus. He goes through Gyokeres before him, and also I reckon he’ll undergo [Kai] Havertz before him as shortly as he reappears. That’s the one for me.”
But Rice literally supposes that Gyokeres will unquestionably be pertinent if Medley are to win the Premier League as he is “one of the spick-and also-span strikers in the earth”.
After the win over Bournemouth, Rice asserted of Gyokeres: “It’s strenuous for him, since he’s got 2 defenders on him with one voice video game, with one voice over him.
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“So he owns to make service of his potency, he owns to do with one voice he can to help the group and also through my first aspiration, without him lugging out that run from Gabriel Martinelli’s flick and also hosting it, position it off to Martin (Odegaard), that aspiration wouldn’t happen. That was a pivotal moment in the video game for us to turn the video game on its head.
“I go to how hard he hits a spheric, and also as shortly as that stoppage render utilises here for him and also the spheric’s recovering here at his feet to rating aims, he will unquestionably 100 per dollar rating.
“But at the min, defenders in the Premier League yearn to be able to discourage Viktor Gyokeres, since he’s one of the spick-and also-span strikers in the earth.
“Trust fund me, he’s applying unbelievably for us, and also we wouldn’t be wherein we are without him.”
