Merino: 'It was crazy for me to come on the pitch in that position'

“I'm ready to do the job that the coach and the rest of my team is relying on me to do. Hopefully, it will end up with two goals like this every time.” 

Arsenal's Mikel Merino celebrates scoring during the Premier League match at the King Power Stadium, Leicester. 

Premier League: Leicester 0 Arsenal 2 (Merino 81', 87')

MIKEL ARTÉTA’s Mikel Merino masterstroke manufactured three precious points from where once there were none on a manifestly miserable Midlands mission. The Arsenal manager would not see it that way even though he only told his players of the plan to play his Spanish holding midfielder as a striker on the morning of the match.