AFCON 2025
Arsenal’s £64 million summer signing, Viktor Gyokeres, described his two goals against Atlético Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday night as “great,” ending a personal nine-game drought with a vital brace in North London.
The Swede spoke to the press after his Player of the Match performance in the 4-0 thrashing of Diego Simeone’s side, where all the goals came in a scintillating second half.
Gabriel Magalhães and Gabriel Martinelli scored the other goals.
Brilliant from start to finish 👌
Viktor Gyokeres is the @ChampionsLeague Player of the Match ✨ pic.twitter.com/pt9xkwoErK
— Arsenal (@Arsenal) October 21, 2025
“I am very pleased,” he told UEFA. “They had some good opportunities but I think we controlled it overall. To score four and keep a clean sheet again is very good. We always keep going. We do the things right when we defend and when we get the chances we are extremely strong in taking those.”
Reflecting on his return to goalscoring form, the 27-year-old was philosophical:
“Both [my] goals were great. I try to do my best all the time and work hard, contribute with different stuff and the goals would have come sooner or later. We want to do well, we want to win football matches but there’s a long journey to go. We will take it game-by-game, even if that sounds boring.”
Arsenal will continue their Champions League campaign against Slavia Prague on November 4, while Atlético will look to bounce back against Union Saint-Gilloise.
