Viktor Gyokeres hails perfect response to Wolves setback as Arsenal thrash Spurs

Viktor Gyokeres believes Arsenal’s statement derby win against Tottenham was the “perfect response” to silence the club’s critics.

Gyokeres and Eberechi Eze both scored twice to secure a 4-1 triumph over Spurs just four days after Arsenal were rocked by a 2-2 draw at Wolves.

The dropped points at Molineux led to questions about Arsenal’s title mentality. However, their performance against Tottenham – which took them five points clear of Manchester City at the top of the Premier League – went some way to silencing the doubters.

And Gyokeres, who extended his league tally to the season for 10, said: “It’s always going to be difficult when you get a result like we had at Wolves, but it’s how you handle that, and how you respond to it, and today we showed that it in a good way.

“To get this result and this performance, it was the perfect way to respond. So, it’s a good sign. The thing is, that we have to keep showing it in the next game and the game after that. There’s a lot of games to go. But if we perform like this, it’s going to be good, for sure.”

Mikel Arteta’s title-chasing squad staged a meeting after they surrendered a two-goal lead against bottom-of-the-table Wolves.

Speaking ahead of Sunday’s north London derby, Declan Rice said the players spoke to each other in a “firm” way.

A vicious Viktor finish