Arsenal's Viktor Gyokeres hits out at trolls via goal celebration

25 August,2025 08:33 AM IST |  London  |  Agencies

He later admitted that it was in response to social media trolls, who had claimed that the Swedish striker had touched his hair more times than he touched the ball during Arsenal’s  1-0 victory aganist Manchester United in the league’s opening week

A screengrab of Gyokeres’s goal celebration vs Leeds


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Arsenal striker Viktor Gyokeres adopted a curious celebration after scoring his second goal of the match against Leeds, via a penalty, as he peered into the camera and tossed his hair repeatedly.

He later admitted that it was in response to social media trolls, who had claimed that the Swedish striker had touched his hair more times than he touched the ball during Arsenal's 1-0 victory aganist Manchester United in the league's opening week. When asked, after the win over Leeds, if that celebration was meant for his online critics, Gyokeres coyly replied, "It might be, yeah."

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