{"id":500315,"date":"2026-02-24T05:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T05:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/500315\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T05:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T05:27:08","slug":"most-of-us-spoke-crunch-talks-fired-up-arsenal-for-derby-win-reveals-gyokeres-arsenal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/500315\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Most of us spoke\u2019: crunch talks fired up Arsenal for derby win, reveals Gy\u00f6keres | Arsenal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Viktor Gy\u00f6keres has revealed that Arsenal\u2019s brutally honest team discussions after the draw at Wolves<\/a> last Wednesday brought renewed purpose and helped them to secure a restorative win at Tottenham<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Gy\u00f6keres produced arguably his best performance for Arsenal in the 4-1 derby victory<\/a>, threatening from start to finish and scoring two goals. It was the perfect way for Arsenal to respond to the Wolves game, when they surrendered a 2-0 lead in a match that ended in a 2-2 stalemate.<\/p>\n

Declan Rice said there had been a \u201cfirm chat\u201d between the players after the game at Molineux, adding that \u201cthings will get said in the moment, even if it is heated\u201d. Gy\u00f6keres revealed that when they reconvened for a regular team meeting on Friday, many still had things to get off their chests.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of us spoke,\u201d the striker said. \u201cIt\u2019s important sometimes just to say what you feel and to let it out in the group. Everyone can recognise how different people feel in the moment and you get a better understanding of the feeling. When you speak in the group openly like that I think you come closer together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Arsenal\u2019s win against Spurs moved them five points clear of Manchester City, though they have played an extra game. They are next in action at home against Chelsea on Sunday, following a clear midweek for the first time in two months.<\/p>\n

Gy\u00f6keres was asked to elaborate on the searing honesty of the meeting on Friday. \u201cIf you\u2019re not honest, it\u2019s hard to improve. I think the most important thing is to be that,\u201d he said. \u201cSo, yeah, it was a good chat.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gy\u00f6keres has scored seven times since his goal against Chelsea in the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg on 14 January. No Premier League player has more than him in 2026 across all competitions. He is Arsenal\u2019s top scorer with 15 and the 27-year-old\u2019s goals against Spurs were arguably his most important for the club. His other eight in the league have come against Leeds, Nottingham Forest, Burnley, Everton and Sunderland.<\/p>\n

The Swede\u2019s first goal at Spurs was a curling strike from the edge of the area while for his second he surged on to a pass from Martin \u00d8degaard, held off Archie Gray and steered past Guglielmo Vicario. It was the kind of finish which made his name at Sporting, before he signed for Arsenal last summer for \u00a364m.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love to score, no matter who we are playing, but, of course, in this kind of game it\u2019s always enjoyable to score,\u201d Gy\u00f6keres said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWas it my best game for Arsenal? Yeah. There were a few battles but I think when I\u2019m involved like I was and get the balls around the box as well, chances \u2026 then it\u2019s easier to show my qualities and be able to score goals.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Viktor Gy\u00f6keres has revealed that Arsenal\u2019s brutally honest team discussions after the draw at Wolves last Wednesday brought…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":500316,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-500315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/500316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}