**Mikel Arteta**talked about the options at his disposal in the striker role.
Gabriel Jesus made his return from an 11 month absence with an ACL injury against **Man United**in January as he came off the bench in a 3-0 tirumph over Club Brugge. He hit the crossbar, registered several efforts in his half hour cameo, and gave fans something to believe in from the word go.
That impact has been questionable around Viktor Gyokeres, who was signed for £63 million from **Sporting**in the summer. Never deemed the most technically gifted player, the Swedish striker seems to be struggling to assert a box presence, and he failed to mimic the contributions of Noni Madueke or Gabriel Martinelli. However, Arteta will welcome the competition that is possible in the position.
“So happy for [Gabby], I think you can see how much we all love him. It's been a very, very difficult and long journey. For 11 months he's been fighting against another very difficult injury and to see him back with that smile, with that energy and with that quality in his first performance with us is something really impressive and we're all delighted for him.
“I think he brings something else, and I was really happy to see that and for him as well, for his confidence to grow, for his teammates to feel him as well because some of them haven't played with him. So, Gabby has a really special quality where he suddenly connects everybody around him and that's something that we as a team need and it will make us better.
“I think [Gabby and Viktor] are kind of a bit more different, you know. Both of them with great qualities, but yeah, very specific in what they bring to the team and individually in their actions and relationships that they meet around them as well. So, it's good to have two very different players.”