How Viktor Gyokeres unleashed his inner beast for Arsenal

It was the third minute of added time as Piero Hincapie lifted a ball forward, hanging it up in the air just the other side of the halfway line. It’s not the kind of service that Thierry Henry or Dennis Bergkamp would have appreciated, but it was right up the street of the man who was wearing Arsenal’s No 14 shirt and leading the line. Viktor Gyokeres did what he did all night in Arsenal’s 1-0 win over Atletico Madrid: backing in before planting his feet, the Sweden striker wedged his body between the defender and the ball. It was classic, old-school centre-forward play.