Overview
- Scrutiny of Arsenal’s attack has intensified following Sunday’s 2-1 defeat at Manchester City, with the league leaders now only three points ahead and City holding a game in hand.
- Former United chief scout Mick Brown told Football Insider that Arsenal will likely look for another striker this summer because current options are not reliable enough in big moments.
- Joe Cole argued on The Dressing Room Podcast that Arsenal would already have the title with Liverpool’s Hugo Ekitike instead of Viktor Gyökeres, after Mikel Arteta started Kai Havertz over the Swede at City.
- Wayne Rooney questioned Arteta’s call to bench Gyökeres for the Etihad trip, warning the decision could dent the striker’s confidence in a key stretch.
- The latest off-field turns saw Gyökeres praise Tottenham icons Harry Kane and Dimitar Berbatov in a TNT Sports feature and take a short trip to Lisbon during a two‑day squad break, drawing fresh fan attention to his mixed debut season of 18 goals in all competitions.