Jamie Carragher switches up on Viktor Gyokeres after wanting Arsenal to drop striker

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Viktor Gyokeres scored twice in Arsenal's 4-1 derby win over Tottenham, earning praise from Jamie Carragher who previously told Mikel Arteta to drop him. 18:08, Mon, Feb 23, 2026 Updated: 18:09, Mon, Feb 23, 2026 Viktor Gyokeres scored twice for Arsenal at Tottenham (Image: Getty Images)Jamie Carragher has heaped praise on Viktor Gyokeres following his display in the north London derby, despite previously calling on Mikel Arteta to drop the Arsenal striker from his starting XI.

Trending "The thing I like about Viktor Gyokeres is his mentality," Carragher told Sky Sports. "I don't think he's a world-class striker or an amazing striker for Arsenal for the next five or years."But I absolutely love his mentality.

Click here to activate or add us as a Preferred Source in your Google search settings."As Gary Neville said on commentary, I think that's the best we've seen Gyokeres play in an Arsenal shirt, it was an absolutely fantastic finish."He could be [vital] and what I would say is here, is credit the manager. I felt they had to come away from Gyokeres and I thought at some stage it might cost them."But the manager has stuck by him week after week and the strength he showed in this game, it was very Alan Shearer-like."We were looking at the strikers Arsenal had and I felt he was quite far down the pecking order and a few times I was quite surprised that Gyokeres was still in the team.