Moments before Merino was thrown on for the final 20 minutes at the King Power Stadium, he was collared by Arteta for some ...

Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta refused to rule out using Mikel Merino once again as a centre-forward following the Spaniard’s heroics last weekend against Leicester City. Injuries to several key ...

Merino shone in Arsenal’s 2-0 victory at the King Power Stadium, scoring both goals after coming off the bench with just over 20 minutes to go. The dilemma for Mikel Arteta now is whether he starts ...

Analysing the Spaniard's superb performance off the bench against Leicester as a makeshift attacker for Mikel Arteta's injury-hit side ...

Mikel Merino reality check as Mikel Arteta gamble fails - Declan Rice and Gabriel struggle on nightmare afternoon for Gunners ...

This will still be a hard game for Arsenal, though. I thought Arsenal struggled against Leicester until Mikel Merino scored two very good late goals. ‘West Ham were decent against Chelsea ...

Chris Sutton explains why Mikel Merino cannot be tasked with leading the line for Arsenal regularly - but he doesn't mind if ...

Arsenal match winner Mikel Merino has admitted it was a surprise to come on as a striker against Leicester City having never played in the position before.

It looked like the failure to act in January would cost them. But up stepped Mikel Merino, of all people, to be Arsenal's centre forward for the final few minutes. He scored twice. Edging past ...

An inspired substitution proved the difference for Arsenal as Mikel Merino’s late double sealed a vital three points at Leicester City, closing the gap at the top of the table. Following an ...

Arsenal match winner Mikel Merino has admitted he was surprised to come on as a striker against Leicester City having never played in the position before, but was hailed as a "real goal threat" by ...

Mikel Arteta's experiment with playing Mikel Merino up front paid off as the makeshift forward netted a quickfire double off the bench to guide Arsenal to a 2-0 win against Leicester City at the ...