Arsenal: Viktor Gyokeres makes Thierry Henry vow after ending goal drought in style

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·22 October 2025

Arsenal: Viktor Gyokeres makes Thierry Henry vow after ending goal drought in style

The Swede scored twice in a 4-0 thumping of Atletico

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Viktor Gyokeres has promised Arsenal fans there is “a lot of goals to come” after ending his drought against Atletico Madrid.

Gyokeres scored twice against Atletico on Tuesday night to end a run of nine games for club and country without a goal.

The Swede’s brace fired Arsenal to a 4-0 victory as they maintained their perfect start to this season’s Champions League.

Gyokeres has been under pressure to succeed after Arsenal paid Sporting over £60million in the summer and he chose to wear the famous No14 shirt of Thierry Henry

But Gyokeres told CBS Sports: “I think it feels great, to be honest.

“It feels like there is a lot of goals in that shirt and there is a lot of goals to come. It feels amazing.

I'm more hungry now. You always want to contribute with work rate and other stuff but when you score goals as well, it's a bit special

Viktor Gyokeres

“I mean, to be honest, there wasn’t so many shirt numbers available! But when I saw that was available, it was a big honour to take it.

“Unfortunately I didn’t have Thierry’s number so I could not ask him if it was okay. But I took it and it is a big honour for me.

“It’s always amazing to score goals and to do it here in this competition, it's a great feeling.

“I'm more hungry now. You always want to contribute with work rate and other stuff but when you score goals as well, it's a bit special. So that's something I always want to do.

“[The support from his teammates] means a lot, they're amazing. I think the group we have and the spirit is something different and something very special.

Viktor Gyokeres has now scored five goals in 12 games for Arsenal

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“It feels great. We did a lot of things right today and the performance was amazing.”

Victory over Atletico kept up Arsenal’s brilliant start to the season and they have lost just once in their opening 12 games.

The Gunners are one of only three sides with a perfect record in the Champions League after the first three games.

Mikel Arteta’s side are also top of the Premier League and Gyokeres says they are hungry for silverware.

“We want to win trophies,” he said. “That is our desire and that is, of course, the most important [thing]. I want to contribute with goals and improve my game in terms of playing also.”