Viktor Gyökeres is the striker of the moment. The Swede faced his first big 'trial by fire' of the season when he faced Manchester City in the Champions League. In the duel of goalscorers against Erling Haaland, the Sporting CP striker ended up winning the 'pulse' against the Norwegian with a performance that will go down in the history of the competition by celebrating a 'hat-trick' against Pep Guardiola's men in his team's victory against the 'skyblues' (4-1).
Gyökeres was responsible for equalizing for Rúben Amorim's men after Foden opened the scoring in the 4th minute. After half an hour, the player received a fantastic pass from Quenda and, despite finishing stumblingly, sent the ball into Ederson's net.
Gyökeres, the striker of the moment
Coming back from the break, he sealed his double from the penalty spot with the goal that put some distance between the two teams (3-1) after Gvardiol committed a penalty on Trincao, and finally sealed his hat-trick and the victory also from the eleven steps after Matheus Nunes brought down Geny inside the area.
In this way, Gyökeres has already registered 23 goals in 17 games played this season and has accumulated 53 goals in 52 games in 2024. Numbers from another planet for a footballer who has presented his official candidacy to take over from Robert Lewandowski in the centre of the FC Barcelona forward line.