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Alexis Sanchez has spent much of the season befuddling opposition defenders, but he's shown he can also confuse his team-mates too.
The former Barcelona player has quickly emerged as one of the biggest characters at Arsenal since joining in the summer and showed just why in the video below.
As the Arsenal team arrived for their match against Swansea on Monday night, Santi Cazorla stopped to say hello to ex-Villarreal team-mate Jefferson Montero and in doing so left his suitcase unattended.
It was too good an opportunity for Sanchez to miss and like one of the many goals he's scored this season, the Chile international took his chance.
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Arsenal vs Swansea - player ratingsShow all 24 1 /24Arsenal vs Swansea - player ratings Arsenal vs Swansea - player ratings ARSENAL: David Ospina - 5 Had to make two straight-forward saves in the first half and was called into action once after the break as Arsenal surged forward. Questions can be asked for his positioning for the goal given he was behind the line when saving the ball.
Arsenal vs Swansea - player ratings Hector Bellerin - 6 Both Arsenal and Bellerin need to realise that his pace is a real weapon in attack as well as a defensive blessing. Created a chance for Giroud who couldn’t capitalise, but another promising showing.
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Arsenal vs Swansea - player ratings Per Mertesacker - 6 Given little to do as Koscielny marshalled the targetman, be it Sigurdsson or Gomis.
Arsenal vs Swansea - player ratings Laurent Koscielny - 4 One lapse in judgement nearly let in Sigurdsson in the first half and he needs to cut out his errors to the ball over the top. Lost Gomis for the goal and the Swansea striker was heading in before he could recover.
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Arsenal vs Swansea - player ratings Nacho Monreal - 5 Put a cross out for a goal kick when Ramsey was deep and didn’t have too much to do defensively. Wasn’t able to make up the ground when Koscielny left Gomis free.
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Arsenal vs Swansea - player ratings Francis Coquelin - 8 Arsenal’s star player in the first half simply because those on front of him did nothing to suggest they could break the deadlock. Tackling was superb and avoided a booking this time around. Withdrawn after the hour mark in place of the more attacking Jack Wilshere.
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Arsenal vs Swansea - player ratings Santi Cazorla - 6 to be Arsenal’s only player actually capable of shooting from outside of the box, but every time he did he found a white shirt in the way.
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Arsenal vs Swansea - player ratings Aaron Ramsey - 6 Had a promising start but was lacking the cutting edge that he showed last season. Tried in vain to find a goal late on, and had a number of efforts either blocked or saved.
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Arsenal vs Swansea - player ratings Mesut Özil - 5 Poor free-kick drilled Mertesacker in the face, and gave the ball away a number of times. Just when he was beginning to draw the ire of the Arsenal fans, he produced a sublime through ball that nearly saw Ramsey in on goal.
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Arsenal vs Swansea - player ratings Alexis Sanchez - 6 One of his quieter games in terms of goalscoring opportunities, but his work-rate remained up there as expected. Just couldn’t work himself enough space for the chance he needed.
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Arsenal vs Swansea - player ratings Olivier Giroud - 6 Had an early chance that found the roof of the net, but he was starved of the ball and his next opportunity didn’t come until late in the first half. It took a strong block from Williams to prevent him scoring a tap-in after the break, and he was replaced by Walcott with 20 minutes remaining.
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Arsenal vs Swansea - player ratings Best off the bench: Jack Wilshere - 6 Looked threatening when he came on for the second week in a row and must be pushing for a start considering a number of his colleagues didn’t perform to their best.
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Arsenal vs Swansea - player ratings SWANSEA CITY: Lukasz Fabianski - 9 Had nothing to do in the first half with Arsenal failing to register a shot on target, but that he was called upon time again in the second half with superb close-range stops from Sanchez and Walcott. A number of Arsenal fans remained after the whistle to applaud him off, and deservedly so.
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Arsenal vs Swansea - player ratings Angel Rangel - 6 Given a difficult night’s work with Sanchez and Ramsey changing flanks repeatedly, and he picked up an injury on the hour mark, where he was replaced by Ashley Richards.
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Arsenal vs Swansea - player ratings Ashley Williams - 7 Giroud early that looked to hurt him more than the striker, but returned to marshal the back-four with authority. Two crucial blocks in the second half.
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Arsenal vs Swansea - player ratings Federico Fernandez - 6 Given a big challenge from Giroud but he stood up to the task and only allowed the striker to get one chance away at goal.
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Arsenal vs Swansea - player ratings Neil Taylor - 5 Had a very quiet game, but was due to being kept on the back foot for the most part.
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Arsenal vs Swansea - player ratings Jack Cork - 6 Sat in front of the defence well but lost Ramsey when the pair were one-on-one.
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Arsenal vs Swansea - player ratings Jonjo Shelvey - 5 Wasteful opening 20 minutes as he shot from 40-yards and crossed a ball out for a throw-in. Yellow card shortly before the break for a second foul on Sanchez that looked nasty.
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Arsenal vs Swansea - player ratings Nathan Dyer - 5 A quiet game for a speed merchant who would have licked his lips at the prospect of facing Arsenal’s defence, and was replaced by Modou Barrow midway through the second half.
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Arsenal vs Swansea - player ratings Ki Sung-yeung - 5 Played as a defensive attacking midfielder as you will ever see, and his one effort at goal was blocked out for a corner.
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Arsenal vs Swansea - player ratings Jefferson Montero - 8 Swansea’s most threatening player by a mile, as his pace terrified Bellerin and Mertsesacker whenever he was given space to run. Crossed for Gomis to head in the winner with pin-point accuracy.
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Arsenal vs Swansea - player ratings Gylfi Sigurdsson - 6 Asked a lot of by Garry Monk to play in the strike-role, but it soon became apparent that he was part of an 11-man defence that would look to break on the counter.
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Arsenal vs Swansea - player ratings Best off the bench: Bafetimbi Gomis - 7 Sent on to make an impact and duly delivered when he leaped above Koscielny and Monreal to guide his header just past Ospina.
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Ironically, the player who would take his chance in the 1-0 win for Swansea that followed, Bafetimbi Gomis , walks through the corridor at just the same time.
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