Gyökeres brings Sweden to victory with two goals

Arsenal forward Viktor Gyökeres drew attention by scoring again in his eighth consecutive Nations League match. With this performance, the player strengthened his case for a regular place in the starting XI under Mikel Arteta.

The 28-year-old forward led Sweden to a 3-2 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina in Stockholm on Saturday night, scoring two goals before halftime. Gyökeres found the net twice from the penalty spot. Daniel Svensson's opening goal for the hosts also came in the first half. Gyökeres's assist to Alexander Isak was ruled out for offside. The visitors then scored two goals.

Sweden's win, earned on Saturday, November 14, returned the team to League A.

With his eight-match scoring run in the tournament, Gyökeres has reached 12 goals since October 2024. The only match in the forward's last 11 tournament games in which he failed to score was the 2-2 draw with Slovakia two years ago.

With the two goals in his latest match, Gyökeres raised his tournament total to 16. He moved up to second on the all-time scorers list with 23 goals, behind Norway's Erling Haaland. The forward, who made his national team debut in 2019 at the age of 20, has scored 27 goals in 42 matches.

With this total, Gyökeres shares ninth place on Sweden's all-time scorers list with Agne Simonsson. He reached this number in nine fewer matches than Simonsson. He is 35 goals away from Zlatan Ibrahimovic's national team record of 62. Before Ibrahimovic retired from football in 2023, he had played 80 more matches for the national team than Gyökeres.