Liner stars in an arsenal that could cost Arteta’s side Premier League honours

Gary Lineker believes Arsenal striker Victor Guevara could prove costly to the Gunners’ title hopes unless he starts scoring goals soon.

The Gunners are three points clear of second-placed Manchester City in the Premier League, who are a further point behind third-placed Liverpool after the weekend matches.

In three Premier League matches, weapon Arne Slott’s side are four points clear of Liverpool’s five on a four-match losing streak in all competitions.

Arsenal beat Fulham 1-0 on Saturday And to record their sixth win in eight Premier League matches this term Take command of the title race.

Despite this, the Gunners have still been criticized for their lack of goals from open play with ten of their goals this season coming from set pieces.

Summer signing Guevara has scored three goals in eight games and has not scored for club or country since September 13 against Nottingham Forest.

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And ex-Tottenham and England striker Lineker insists the Jevicieres must improve their strike rate if the Gunners are to win the Premier League title.

Lineker said The rest is a football podcast: “He’s (Gaukires) going through a bit of a bad spell. Seven games in all competitions without a goal. I think for Arsenal to really realize their ambitions, he’s going to have to start scoring a lot of goals. I think it’s a big spell for him in the next few games.”

And former England and Newcastle United striker Alan Shearer agreed with Lineker but highlighted a huge advantage he brings to the current arsenal.

Shearer said of Arsenal striker Guerres: “He will definitely have to score more goals, but one of his positives for the Arsenal team is that he runs back, which helps create space for others to exploit.

“There’s no doubt he has to improve his numbers with goals, but he adds something different to the team.”

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Mikel Arteta recently insisted that he admired Guevara’s path to the top of the game with the Portuguese league and a spell at Championship level before being sacked by Arsenal.

Arteta recently said: “He hasn’t been a top striker throughout his career. There have been bumps in the road in his journey. And you’re going to find that when you go to a level, it doesn’t go like that (movements are constant upward curves).

“I haven’t seen that for any player, except for one or two in history. So come prepared and deal with it naturally, and obviously it’s helped us.”