Timely Theo, but ’keeper Szczesny catches the eye

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The 23-year-old Pole was dropped for five weeks after a poor run of form culminated in a north London derby day defeat at Tottenham at the beginning of March.

He only got his place back because fellow countryman Lukas Fabianksi cracked a rib, but this win at Loftus Road marked his second clean sheet in his three games since returning and his world class save near the death was the difference between Arsenal winning and dropping out of the race for Champions League football.