Did Gyökeres DESERVE to start ahead of Havertz?!
Oct 12, 2026
He's scored in every single game.
I think he set a new record.
Seven games straight now he's scored.
I thought Mikel Arteta made an error yesterday
in not starting Viktor Gyökeres.
Viktor Gyökeres has been off form for Arsenal,
has not been figuring for Arsenal.
I don't know what's happened, but listen,
there was all the shenanigans at the start of the season.
We're thinking to ourselves,
is he going to go out and Alvarez come the other way
from Atletico and him?
And there was something up.
But listen, the season's started now.
Here we go. But Gyökeres is not starting.
Mikel Arteta's preferred Kai Havertz. Fair enough.
But the fact that yesterday Havertz was injured on international duty,
I know that we were told that as soon as he came back to Arsenal
and they did a scan, they realised he was fine.
but the fact that it was Havertz who started again
and not Gyökeres was really surprising to me
I thought Gyökeres was going to start
got away on international duty
scored in every single game
I think he set a new record
seven games straight now he scored
I think for Sweden in the Nations League
four in four while on international duty
surely started
he scored two goals against Leeds United last season
in this same fixture
and he scored in the away game as well
So sometimes, and I've heard the manager say this before,
Mikel Arteta said this about Eze.
He said, listen, you've got to play him against Tottenham
because he always scores.
So why didn't we start with Viktor Gyökeres?

