ARSENAL goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski believes he has benefited from the presence of departing team-mate Jens Lehmann this season.

Fabianski has featured in the Gunners' last few games and the Pole swapped places with Lehmann in Sunday's 1-0 win over Everton at the Emirates, with the crowd giving the 38-year-old a standing ovation.

The German international keeper is expected to leave Arsenal this summer after five successful years with the team, and he has passed his vast knowledge of the game onto his heir apparent Fabianski.

"I learnt a lot of things, really small details," the 23-year-old custodian told Arsenal.com. "The most important thing was to be always 100 per cent professional. During the whole year he never gave up. Everyday he was at the training ground and that shows how you have to behave to be at the top of your game."

Both Fabianski and Lehmann have been forced to play second fiddle to Manuel Almunia this season, who has made the number one jersey his own. But with Arsene Wenger insisting he will not be in the market for a new keeper, the Pole is eager to seize his chance and break into the first XI.

"I was really patient this season," he said after the Everton game. "I was waiting for my chance. I was really happy that the boss gave me this chance in the final games. I hope next season to fight in every training session for my position.

"They told me when they brought me here that I would have to fight for my place. I have had a chance and now it depends on me as to how I use it."