Arsenal stars Santi Cazorla, Olivier Giroud and Per Mertesacker enjoy evening with illusionist and magician Derren Brown

  • Arsenal stars meet illusionist Derren Brown after show on Wednesday
  • Gunners including Santi Cazorla and Olivier Giroud attended event 
  • Magician's 'Well done for beating Dinamo' joke did not go down well
  • Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez scored in Dinamo Zagreb win on Tuesday

Twenty-four hours after keeping their Champions League hopes alive with a 3-0 win over DInamo Zagreb, a handful of Arsenal stars and their wives enjoyed a night of magic with Derren Brown.

Santi Cazorla, Olivier Giroud and Per Mertesacker were among the Gunners stars to be put under a spell by the popular illusionist during his current 'Miracle' tour.

Hector Bellerin, Joel Campbell, Kieran Gibbs and Nacho Monreal were also in attendance along with their other halves.

Derren Brown tweeted a photo relaxing with members of the Arsenal squad after a show in London

Derren Brown tweeted a photo relaxing with members of the Arsenal squad after a show in London

Brown shared the photograph on Twitter alongside the caption, 'W/ Arsenal last night after the show. My 'Well done for beating Dinamo' footie joke didn't work at all. Am hopeless.'

The joke was a reference to fellow British entertainer Dynamo.

Arsenal's stars were enjoying a night out in the capital ahead of their return to Premier League action this weekend. 

Olivier Giroud was one of the Arsenal players in attendance only 24 hours after a 3-0 win over Dinamo Zagreb

Olivier Giroud was one of the Arsenal players in attendance only 24 hours after a 3-0 win over Dinamo Zagreb

Alexis Sanchez is an injury doubt for Arsenal's clash with Norwich on Sunday according to Arsene Wenger

Alexis Sanchez is an injury doubt for Arsenal's clash with Norwich on Sunday according to Arsene Wenger

Arsene Wenger's side travel to Norwich on Sunday afternoon as they look to bounce back from defeat at West Brom last Saturday.

In a pre-match press conference the Frenchman confirmed that Chilean star Alexis Sanchez is an injury doubt.

'I will have to assess that a bit later. Spontaneously it might not be the best moment to rest Alexis but I don’t know. 

'He had a little hamstring alarm but we will see how he recovers from that. Campbell had a little calf problem so I will assess all that on Friday, latest Saturday.'

Mesut Ozil scored against DInamo Zagreb on Tuesday night as Gunners kept Champions League hopes alive

Mesut Ozil scored against DInamo Zagreb on Tuesday night as Gunners kept Champions League hopes alive

Wenger will be hoping Arsenal bounce back from their disappointing 2-1 defeat to West Brom on Saturday

Wenger will be hoping Arsenal bounce back from their disappointing 2-1 defeat to West Brom on Saturday

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