Arsenal beat Manchester United 1-0 at Old Trafford despite an uninspiring performance. Viktor Gyokeres and Noni Madueke were signed to strengthen Arsenal's frontline. Viktor Gyokeres has been assigned primary penalty-taking duties for the coming season after scoring all 20 penalties he took last term for Sporting. Bukayo Saka has become Arsenal's most important player and is ranked No.4 among right wingers by FourFourTwo, but he suffered a serious hamstring injury last term. Saka has taken 14 penalties in his senior Arsenal career and has been unsuccessful from 12 yards twice since 2021, including a miss against West Ham United in 2023. Leeds United and Liverpool fixtures loom before the transfer window closes.
Arsenal talisman Bukayo Saka is to be dropped from a duty by manager Mikel Arteta in favour of a new signing. That's according to reports following the Gunners' first game of the season, in which despite putting in an uninspiring performance, Arsenal came away with a 1-0 win at Old Trafford against Manchester United. With Leeds United and Liverpool looming before the transfer window closes, there are still big decisions to be made by Arteta yet one huge move has apparently already been decided.
Arteta has sought to improve his side's frontline this summer and surround Saka with players who can support him, with Noni Madueke signed to ease the burden on the right wing and Viktor Gyokeres signing as another option up front but now, reports from Sweden claim that the striker may be about to take one of Saka's key roles in the side.
Sportbladet says that Gyokeres has been given the role of penalty taker for the coming season, having scored all 20 he took last term for Sporting. Saka, in comparison, has only taken 14 in his senior Arsenal career, assuming spot-kick duties in 2021 after infamously seeing the decisive penalty for England in the Euro 2020 final saved by Italy's Gianluigi Donnarumma.
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