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Topics: Arsenal, Atletico Madrid, Champions League, Football, Micah Richards, Viktor Gyokeres, CBS Sports
Marcus Chan
Topics: Arsenal, Atletico Madrid, Champions League, Football, Micah Richards, Viktor Gyokeres, CBS Sports
Viktor Gyokeres and Micah Richards were involved in a brilliant exchange live on CBS Sports after Arsenal's clash against Atletico Madrid.
On Tuesday night, Arsenal welcomed La Liga giants Atletico to the Emirates Stadium in the UEFA Champions League.
After a tight first half, Mikel Arteta's men moved up the gears in the second period.
Eventually, thanks to goals from Gabriel Magalhaes and Gabriel Martinelli, plus a brace from Gyokeres, Arsenal came away 4-0 winners.
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As a result, Arsenal continued their 100% start to the Champions League along with Inter Milan and holders Paris Saint Germain.
After the match, Gyokeres was being interviewed live on CBS Sports and had a hilarious exchange with ex-Manchester City star Richards, who was present at the Emirates Stadium instead of the studio.
Following questions by Thierry Henry and Jamie Carragher, Richards put Gyokeres on the spot as he asked the Swede to name his favourite pundit on the CBS Sports panel.
In response, Gyokeres said: "Obviously, I feel a bit sorry for you because you got benched in the studio. So, I say you this time."
After the whole panel burst into laughter, Carragher quickly joked to Richards: "He's killed you twice!"
The former full-back then said: "Oh my God, this is not going very well is it!"
In the end, Carragher managed to fit in another dig at Richards as he said: "He (Gyokeres) was very good. He put Micah on the back foot a couple of times, didn't he? I love that, yeah, I like that."
During the interview, Gyokeres was asked why he decided to wear the iconic number 14 shirt at Arsenal, which was made famous by Henry.
The Swedish international admitted: "It feels great to be honest, it feels like there are a lot of goals in that shirt and it's a lot of goals to come, so it feels amazing.
"I mean, to be honest, there wasnt so many shirt numbers available, but when I saw that was available, of course, it's a big honour to take it."
Gyokeres and Arsenal will be back in Premier League action this weekend when they take on Crystal Palace at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday afternoon.