Back to the Arsenal Newsfeed

Mikel Merino admits being Arsenal's emergency striker is 'kind of crazy' as he reveals he had not played in that position since he was seven years old

Mikel Merino described his sudden transformation into Arsenal's new striker because of their injury crisis as 'crazy' - and now has eyes on winning the Champions League.

Injuries to Kai Havertz, Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli and Gabriel Jesus has seen the Gunners threadbare up front, and left Merino to fill the void.

But, despite this, the north London club managed to impressively hammer PSV Eindhoven 7-1 on Tuesday night in their Champions League last 16 first leg - the club's biggest-ever knock-out stage away win in the competition.