UCL: High-Flying Arsenal Crush Atletico Madrid As Gyokeres Ends Goal Drought
Viktor Gyokeres scored twice in Arsenal’s second half demolition of Atletico Madrid to extend their perfect start to the Champions League with 4-0 win at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday.
Gabriel Magalhaes and Gabriel Martinelli opened the floodgates before Gyokeres ended his nine-game goal drought in a 13-minute spell either side of the hour mark.
The Premier League leaders are also sitting pretty alongside last season’s finalists Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan at the top of the Champions League table as the only sides so far with nine points from their opening three games.
Gyokeres’ lack of goals had been one of very few concerns for Mikel Arteta in a stunning start to the campaign for the Gunners.
The Swede, signed from Sporting Lisbon to end Arsenal’s lack of a clinical number nine, had previously scored just three times, in home games against Leeds and Nottingham Forest, in 11 previous appearances.
Atletico remain without a win away from home all season and the manner of the Spanish side’s collapse after a competitive opening hour will concern Diego Simeone.
Another clean sheet means Arsenal have still only conceded three times 12 games in all competitions this season.
Julian Alvarez twice could have put the visitors ahead as he failed to make the most of a poor David Raya clearance in the first half and then hit the bar from outside the box early in the second period.
