Topics: Viktor Gyokeres, Gary Neville, Arsenal, Liverpool, Football
Viktor Gyokeres' stats immediately emerged after he was taken off against Liverpool and it makes for damning reading.
Arsenal and Liverpool played out a goalless draw in Thursday's Premier League fixture at the Emirates.
The Gunners dropped league points for the first time since their crushing defeat to Aston Villa last month but increased their lead at the top of the table to six points.
Gyokeres led the line, with Bukayo Saka restored to the starting XI after starting the game against Bournemouth on the bench. Leandro Trossard completed Arsenal's attack.
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But Gyokeres and Trossard failed to influence the match in the attacking third, with Mikel Arteta taking off both players just after the hour mark.
A damning statistic emerged just minutes after the Swedish forward left the field.
According to Opta Analyst, Gyokeres had a measly eight touches in 64 minutes against Liverpool.
And just one of those touches came inside the box and the 27-year-old only had one touch in the second-half before being dragged off.
Per the post, that's the fewest touches he's had in a competitive match for Arsenal that he's played at least 20 minutes in.
On commentary, Gary Neville delivered a scathing assessment of Gyokeres' latest outing for Arsenal, saying: "He’s been ineffective and that’s being kind. He’s offered nothing."
Speaking after the game, Daniel Sturridge jumped to the defence of Gyokeres, comparing him to Erling Haaland, who has also been guilty of having few touches in matches for Manchester City.
Gyokeres has scored just five league goals this season following his £55 million transfer from Sporting CP last summer.
So far, he has yet to live up to his hefty price tag.
Arsenal have a FA Cup fixture and a Carabao Cup tie to negotiate before resuming their league campaign.
