Arsenal’s manager also reserved special praise for Max Dowman, who at 15 years and 308 days old became the youngest player to ever feature in a Champions League match—the record had previously been held by Youssoufa Moukoko after his appearance for Borussia Dortmund against Zenit St. Petersburg in 2020 aged 16 years and 18 days.

Gyokeres has been remarkably durable in his career, missing just one game in each of the previous two seasons at Sporting Lisbon and playing 51 of 52 league games for Coventry City the two years prior to that.

A Mikel Merino brace came after Bukayo Saka scored from the spot to ensure the Gunners could add another three points to their tally. It was a match that brought about four changes from Mikel Arteta, with several other switches made throughout the game.

Bukayo Saka came off midway through the second half of Arsenal's 1-0 win over Crystal Palace. Eberechi Eze's first half strike proved to be the difference at the Emirates as the summer signing scored his first goal since his summer arrival from the Eagles.

Arsenal are seven points clear of the field in the Premier League title race (for the time being) after beating Burnley 2-0 at Turf Moor, thanks to two more headed goals from Viktor Gyokeres and Declan Rice.

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has given an update on his squad’s fitness ahead of their Champions League clash with Slavia Prague. The Gunners are looking to make it four wins on the bounce in Europe and ten consecutive victories in all competitions when travelling to the Czech Republic on Tuesday night.

Arsenal are already without Kai Havertz, Gabriel Jesus, Noni Madueke, Martin Odegaard, and Gabriel Martinelli all due to injury issues.

Mikel Arteta insisted Viktor Gyökeres won’t be available for Arsenal’s Champions League trip to Slavia Prague.

The Gunners took their winning streak in all competitions into double figures, the last eight to nil, with a 3-0 victory over Slavia Prague.