Story by[]BBCThu, January 15, 2026 at 8:19 AM UTC·1 min readFormer Arsenal defender Matthew Upson, speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live's Football Daily podcast about Gunners striker Viktor Gyokeres' performance in Wednesday's Carabao Cup win at Chelsea:"I feel for him in a little way because, in terms of what his strengths are, he's not going to get many opportunities to showcase what he likes to do. He's got to adapt and he's got to learn that, he's got to almost be coached that and change the way he's played previously. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement"To see him in the second half offer himself up to have that ball into his feet, centrally in the pitch, on the edge of the box and finding a little offload for Zubimendi, for me was a real plus point."Centre forwards have made such good careers off those types of movements. Olivier Giroud was one of the best I've seen at that."Gyokeres has got to learn that kind of link-up is essential because you're going to dominate the edge of the opposition box all the time and you have to have that in your locker to play for a team like Arsenal."You can look at the bullish running and steaming through people, which he did a couple of times - he can cause a bit of havoc, he can have two or three people hanging off him while he's driving with the ball - he draws players to him, so he is effective, but he's got to offer up more and he did that in moments."Listen to the full episode on BBC Sounds[BBC].