David Luiz has won the praise of former Arsenal captain Tony Adams after his display against Manchester City on Sunday.

The Brazilian responded to criticism about his performances this season with a stellar showing in the FA Cup semi-final victory over Pep Guardiola's side.

Adams told Stadium Astro: "David Luiz was absolutely phenomenal and I've been very critical of him recently and I think a lot of people have been.

"So, give credit where credit's due, he had the bit between his teeth. He wanted to prove everybody wrong.

"If there was a crowd in the audience, I don't know if that's helped him or not, I'm thinking it may have helped him because in recent weeks I think the Arsenal crowd would have been really on his back and I don't know how he would've reacted with that, but he certainly reacted for me so well.

"For this game in particular I just thought he was awesome and I'm going to be shouting from the top of the world that he was outstanding, good performance."