{"id":610316,"date":"2026-02-23T11:30:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T11:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/610316\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T11:30:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T11:30:23","slug":"arsenal-fans-will-have-to-backtrack-on-viktor-gyokeres-opinions-after-tottenham-double","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/610316\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal fans will have to backtrack on Viktor Gyokeres opinions after Tottenham double"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"\/ Add as preferred source on Google <\/a> <\/p>\n

Viktor Gyokeres is in the Arsenal fans\u2019 good books after a brilliant second-half double downed Tottenham in the North London derby.<\/strong><\/p>\n

After coming under fire throughout the season, Gyokeres has turned things around in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

A string of good performances and crucially, goals, have propelled the Swede to Arsenal\u2019s number one choice up front and his double against Spurs was brilliant.<\/p>\n

Viktor Gyokeres has scored 134 goals since Arsenal last lost to Tottenham, will he end his Arsenal career with that many? <\/p>\n

Marksman!<\/p>\n

\"ACredit: Getty Images\/David Price\/Arsenal FC <\/p>\n

Hitting form at the right time, Gyokeres now has the chance to make a big mark. He\u2019s now hit 15 goals in all competitions and will have eyes firmly on the 20-25 mark.<\/p>\n

Indeed, according to Danny Murphy, Gyokeres will have altered the opinions of many today.<\/p>\n

Danny Murphy on why Viktor Gyokeres deserves credit<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re Viktor Gyokeres<\/a> right now, you\u2019re looking at the last few weeks as a real turning point in your Arsenal career.<\/p>\n

This today against Spurs feels like the icing on the cake and he\u2019ll be delighted as he settles into bed tonight.<\/p>\n

\"TottenhamPhoto by Jacques Feeney\/Offside\/Offside via Getty Images<\/p>\n

In fact, assessing Gyokeres\u2019 overall performance, former Premier League midfielder Danny Murphy suggested he has now changed the minds of some Arsenal fans.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome Arsenal fans are split on Viktor Gyokeres some backing him and some saying he is not the one. That performance today is going to change a few minds,\u201d Murphy commented for the BBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a player it doesn\u2019t matter how much success you have had or what you have done before before, if you had a bad spell or you know people are doubting you it creeps in. Today can only do good things for him. Physically it looked like he was enjoying it. He will be walking on water now.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has competition for places, but after that performance it\u2019s easy for Arteta. I think we could see him go on a good little run now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Viktor Gyokeres is a successful signing and it can\u2019t be denied<\/p>\n

For all the negative comments and opinions from some Arsenal fans \u2013 including even up to half-time today \u2013 Gyokeres has been a good signing.<\/p>\n

There is just no doubting it. He has 15 goals, Arsenal look a better team when he plays, and he\u2019s now doing what he was signed to do, which is score goals and make life hard for defenders.<\/p>\n

TRUE or FALSE: Eberechi Eze is Arsenal\u2019s best number ten when at his best\u2026 <\/p>\n

\"ArtetaCredit: Mike Hewitt\/Getty Images <\/p>\n

Unlike a lot of Arsenal players in recent years, Gyokeres seems to relish the physical battle of going up against defenders. The harder they try to bully him, the better he seemingly becomes.<\/p>\n

If Gyokeres didn\u2019t score a goal between now and the end of the season \u2013 which is unlikely \u2013 he is still a good signing and even the most stubborn of Arsenal fans would have to admit that now.<\/p>\n

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