Midfielder Mikel Merino scored two late goals to keep Arsenal's Premier League title hopes alive with a 2-0 victory at Leicester City on Saturday, after the Spaniard was thrust into a makeshift centre-forward role by his club’s injury crisis up front.

With Arsenal drawing 0-0 and toiling against Leicester City on Saturday, Arteta brought Merino on for a struggling Raheem Sterling in the 69th minute and his two goals secured three points. Ethan Nwaneri had been a rare bright spark for Arsenal up until then,

Mikel Merino solved Arsenal's attacking problems with two late goals off the bench to secure a 2-0 win at relegation-threatened Leicester in the Premier League. With Arsenal's makeshift front three struggling to create chances,

In the absence of Kai Havertz, Mikel Merino emerged off the bench as a makeshift striker to help Arsenal edge past Leicester City.

Midfielder Mikel Merino is the main man for Arsenal up front now after two such important late goals against Leicester last week. With Liverpool dropping points against Aston Villa on Wednesday, Arsenal have them in their sights and it will be really interesting to see how Gunners boss Mikel Arteta approaches this game.

On the latest episode of BBC Radio 5 Live's Monday Night Club, the panel discuss Mikel Merino being used as a makeshift striker in Mikel Arteta's Arsenal side. Former Premier League defender Steven Warnock was impressed with his performance against Leicester,

Mikel Arteta looks to have found the solution to his striker problems with makeshift centre forward Mikel Merino after his two match-winning goals against Leicester. Coming into this match all the talk was about how Arsenal would play without a recognised striker after Kai Havertz's hamstring injury.

Mikel Merino makes his case to be Arsenal's striker solution after his match-winning heroics in the vital victory at Leicester, says BBC Sport chief football writer Phil McNulty.

Arsenal midfielder Mikel Merino says he only "found out this morning" that he would be playing up front with the makeshift forward bagging both goals in a 2-0 win at Leicester.

Mikel Arteta is full of praise for Mikel Merino after the second-half substitute was played out of position as a striker and ended up scoring both goals in Arsenal's 2-0 win away at Leicester City.

Mikel Merino came off the bench to score two goals at Leicester after Arsenal's forwards misfired in the absence of the injured Kai Havertz.

Mikel Merino keeps Gunners' title hopes alive with double in Leicester victory, Haaland survives injury scare as City drub Newcastle The 17-year-old forward Ethan Nwaneri drew comparisons with Lionel Messi,