Player Ratings
Lukasz Fabianski – 7 – Made some series of good saves. Good game overall.
Carl Jenkinson – 7 – Balanced display from the Arsenal right back. Defended well against a tricky Sinclair and helped his team in attack too.
Per Mertesacker – 7.5 – The German is becoming the soul of this Arsenal defence. Another good game where he commanded the defence well.
Thomas Vermaelen – 7 – Still not at his best as he is coming back from a long term injury. But, full 120 mins will boost his confidence for sure.
Nacho Monreal – 7 – Scored the winning goal with a well placed penalty. Even though he was bit rusty in attack, he defended well throughout the game.
Hayden – 6 – Not bad for a debutant, but still a long way to go for the youngster. He got almost sent off with a stupid challenge in the first half.
Mikel Arteta – 6 – As usual tidy with his short passes, but failed to control the midfield battle. Substituted later on as he was injured.
Thomas Eisfeld – 6 – Opened the scoring with a decent goal. But other than that, it was an average performance from the German wonder kid.
Serge Gnabry – 5 – Flop of the game. Lost possession on many occasions, bad passing and a penalty miss too. Sums up his night.
Nicklas Bendtner – 6.5 – Did fine with holding up the play at front. Made an assist for Eisfeld’s goal too. But he is nowhere a threat in the goal scoring department. Missed an easy one on one in the second half.
Ryo Miyaichi – 5.5 – A frustrating performance. Showed some glimpses of his talent with few inverted runs, but too many misplaced passes that disrupted Arsenal’s gameplay.
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Chuba Akpom – 6.5 – Impressed instantly. Youngest player on the pitch but he showed lot more composure than many of the other Arsenal players in the game. Scored a confident penalty too.
Kristoffer Olsson – 6 – Started the game nervously but did a decent job as the game went on.
Hector Bellerin – 6 – Totally played out of position but managed the situation well.
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