Five of Arsenal’s crosses came during the 69 minutes before Merino was on the pitch and only one of those was successful. That was because Declan Rice was able to get on the end of one, though, and not Trossard - who was playing as the No9 at that point.

Mikel Merino was the unlikely hero for Arsenal on Saturday, as the Spanish midfielder jumped of the bench and scored twice as an emergency striker to give them a 2-0 win at Leicester City. With Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus out for the rest of the season and wingers Gabriel Martinelli and Bukayo Saka both out,

Mikel Merino scored twice for Arsenal against Leicester on the weekend and got the Gunners out of a hole in their pursuit of the Premier League title