Arsenal's Gyokeres problem
It was a tale of two strikers watching Arsenal and Manchester City from the Emirates Stadium and Selhurst Park press boxes last weekend. Erling Haaland was in typically devastating form. Viktor Gyokeres's performance felt familiar for different reasons.
Another blank, this time against bottom side Wolves, meant the £55m signing from Sporting has failed to score in 11 out of 14 Premier League appearances this season. It is a record roughly the inverse of Haaland's and it is becoming a growing source of unease.
It may seem an unfair comparison. But these are the standards. Haaland's goals against Crystal Palace put him on 17 for the season in the Premier League. He had an even higher total at the same point of his first campaign, no bedding-in period required.
Of course, it is Arsenal, not Manchester City, who sit top right now. They remain a formidable outfit collectively. But the "major impact" predicted by sporting director Andrea Berta from Gyokeres when he was signed in July is yet to materialise.
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