Viktor Gyokeres said we need to embrace the run-in following our 2-1 Premier League defeat to Bournemouth at Emirates Stadium.
The Swede bagged his 18th goal of the campaign, but it wasn’t enough as we lost our second home game of 2025/26.
Looking back at the match, Viktor said: “We didn’t come up to our level throughout the game.
“I think when we scored to make it 1-1, we felt good as a team. We had some dangerous chances before that and we wanted to take control of the second half, maybe didn’t create enough, in attack.
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“They didn’t create so much either, but they were clinical and they scored on the chances they got. That’s why it wasn’t a good result today.”
Attention now turns to Wednesday as we take on Gyokeres’ former side, Sporting in the Champions League quarter-final second leg, an occasion our summer signing is relishing.
He said: “We have a lot of important games to come and we need to embrace it and to enjoy playing those games.
“Like I said, it’s a great game to have in a few days, so we just need to recover now, leave this behind and make a very good performance on Wednesday.”
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