Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta defended Viktor Gyökeres after the forward fired another blank in a match with a top-six rival.

Sweden international Gyökeres was largely a spectator in Sunday's 1-1 draw at home to Manchester City and managed only 22 touches.

The £55 million ($74.3m) signing failed to have a single shot after similarly quiet displays during last month's 1-0 victory away to Manchester United and defeat by the same score at Liverpool .

But Arteta rallied round the striker who was unfortunate not to tap-in Leandro Trossard's 60th-minute cross.

"Well, there were a lot of situations that the chances were there and then especially the final pass was missing," Arteta insisted.

"There were a lot of very good balls in the box, especially I remember three of them that he w

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