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Gyokeres Ends Goal Drought in Arsenal Thrashing of Atletico

At the Emirates Stadium, Arsenal's striker Viktor Gyokeres ended a seven-game goal drought with two goals in Arsenal's 4-0 win over Atletico Madrid after a first-half effort was ruled out for offside and he scored early in the second half.
Playing time increased because of Kai Havertz's knee injury, with the £64m signing playing 90 minutes seven times in Arsenal's first 12 matches and earning praise from Mikel Arteta after the West Ham match.
Rice's midfield display included a Beckham-like free-kick creating Gabriel's goal and a driving run for the second, with observers calling Rice 'just a colossus' who covered much ground.
Arsenal have now won all three of their games in this season's Champions League and kept a clean sheet, largely stifling Atletico Madrid's attack except for Julian Alvarez.
With that performance, Arteta suggested Gyokeres' five goals in 12 matches are a reward for his persistence, saying `He deserved it because everything that we were seeing in terms of what he was bringing to the team and how much he was helping the team in many areas, apart from scoring goals in the last few weeks, there was no debate about that`, and noting the team was happy for him.

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