'Alexis finds a way to be dangerous'

Alexis was relatively quiet in the first half of our Emirates FA Cup semi-final - but he came alive when it mattered.

The Chilean was the quickest to react when Danny Welbeck couldn’t get a decent connection on Laurent Koscielny’s header, slamming the ball into the net from close range for our extra-time winner.

Alexis came out of his shell in the sunshine at Wembley and Arsène Wenger says that it's something of a trait for our top scorer.

“It’s strange because I feel that he always grows during the game,” said the boss. “The difficulty of the game always makes him more focused.

“He starts sometimes and has problems to get into the game and during the game he becomes stronger and stronger and…