As last night’s game 1-0 win over Leicester City entered its final stages, the visitors were awarded a throw in down their right-hand side.

Alexis Sanchez repeatedly stood close to the line, which seemed to rather upset Christian Fuchs who ended up throwing the ball directly at the Arsenal man.

This caused the Chilean to tumble to the ground holding his face, Leicester went mental, Alexis got booked and somehow Fuchs avoided a second yellow. Watch the full incident here.

Arsene Wenger was asked about it afterwards, and said, “I did not see where he was hit, but I saw on the first two attempts when Fuchs tries to throw the ball in, Alexis stood next to him.

“I don’t think he knew he had to be further away. As well, I must say that the referee didn’t tell him. After the first attempt, the referee didn’t tell him he needs to move away so he thought he was in the right position.

“After that he got a yellow card because he didn’t respect the rule. I accept that because he was not the right distance. The referee or the linesman should have told him.

“On top of that Fuchs was lucky not to get a yellow card because he threw the ball at him on purpose.”

It was arch-gamesmanship from Sanchez, who succeeded in winding-up the opposition as they sought a late equaliser, and the Arsenal manager wasn’t worried that he’d be in any way affected ahead of Sunday’s North London derby.

“If you know Alexis, you don’t worry about what happened there,” he said. “He will be the same tomorrow and the same on Sunday.”

Maybe it’s just me, but I’d love for us to be in such a good position on Sunday that he could do something similar. Or even more annoying to wind up Sp*rs and their fans.

It’s a long-shot but we can live in hope.