The Arsenal fans serenaded Merino at the full-time whistle, singing his name continuously and this will comfortably go down as his best day in an Arsenal shirt. The Spaniard has so far failed to hit the heights expected of him after joining Arsenal in the summer from Real Sociedad for around £30million.

Super sub Mikel Merino’s double keeps Arsenal in the title chase - A makeshift front-line failed to work for the Gunners until Merino came off the bench at Leicester.

Mikel Merino started Valentine’s weekend in the doghouse but finished it as the darling of Arsenal fans. Facing the heartache of dropped points against a team fighting relegation, Merino came off the bench to score twice and provide an answer to Mikel Arteta’s injury crisis in attack.