Arsenal striker Viktor Gyokeres netted his first two Premier League goals and defender Jurrien Timber scored twice in a 5-0 thrashing of Leeds United on the Emirates Stadium on Saturday (August 23, 2025).
However, the loss of captain Martin Odegaard and winger Bukayo Saka to harm took some of the shine off Arsenal’s second win of the brand new season.
After beating Everton 1-0 in their opener per week in the past, Leeds began brightly however started to crumble when Timber gave Arsenal the lead in the thirty fourth minute with an outstanding glancing header from Declan Rice’s nook.
He then performed in Saka for the England worldwide to attain in first-half stoppage time to ship the house facet into the break 2-0 up.
By then Odegaard had trudged off the sector after selecting up an harm, however the midfielder was barely missed as his facet hit their stride and their new big-money striker took centre-stage.
Having joined Arsenal from Sporting Lisbon in July for an preliminary 55 million kilos ($74 million) in keeping with British media, Sweden worldwide Gyokeres acquired the aim he so desperately desired with a cool end three minutes after the break.
He picked the ball up on the left and minimize inside earlier than firing a low shot in on the close to put up.
The 53rd minute loss of Saka, who had taken the captain’s armband from Odegaard, was rapidly forgotten as Timber added the fourth aim, scuffing the ball residence after Leeds didn’t clear one other nook.
The Yorkshire facet battled bravely however got here up quick in nearly each division as Arsenal simply performed by way of their makes an attempt to press.
With the factors all however wrapped up, 15-year-old Max Dowman was handed a debut by Mikel Arteta, and he repaid the Arsenal supervisor’s religion by profitable a penalty that Gyokeres fired residence to make it 5-0.
