It may be a push to imagine Viktor Gyokeres becoming the goalscorer Thierry Henry was at Arsenal, yet he is following a similar timeline.

The Swede is not the only Arsenal No.14 to struggle to meet expectations in his first six months at the club. Back in the 1999–2000 season, Henry endured a spell of form that would see him become the poster boy for “foreign imports needing time to adjust to the Premier League”.

Nobody was calling him a future Hall of Famer or club record scorer. Gyokeres has been judged just as quickly. It took Henry until the first Saturday in February to reach eight league goals, the same mark Gyokeres is on after his double against Sunderland.

Asked about his struggles earlier in the season, the Gunners hitman said: “I think it’s a lot of things. If you change everything in your life, you have to adapt quickly. It is a challenge.

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