Wednesday 4 January 2017 12:24, UK
Arsene Wenger described Lucas Perez's first Premier League goal, against Bournemouth, as "pure class".
Perez, who signed from Deportivo La Coruna for £17m in August, fired home a rasping left-foot drive as Arsenal rallied to claim a 3-3 draw at Bournemouth on Tuesday night.
Arsenal trailed 3-0 on the hour-mark at Dean Court before Olivier Giroud laid on goals for Alexis Sanchez and Perez - then headed in the equaliser in the second minute of added time.
Perez has made just two Premier league starts and came off the bench against Bournemouth but Wenger was happy to single him out for his contribution.
"Perez came on and had an exceptional game," said Wenger. "I think Perez scored an exceptional goal of pure class.
"All our players are important. I said before that Giroud can score important goals and he's done that again because when we play into the box he's dangerous. And Perez too.
"Giroud again scored because we dominated and he can score a header. Look, we have mixed feelings after a game like that.
"Of course we wanted three points, we got only one, but when you are 3-0 down after 70 minutes you take a point as well."