How Arsenal players fared against Wigan today – my ratings

Here are my Arsenal player ratings from today’s 1-0 victory over Wigan at the DW Stadium (feel free to argue or agree with me):

Wojciech Szczesny – Made a few decent saves during the match, especially in the second-half when Wigan went down. Good performance from the brash Pole. 7/10

Bacary Sagna – Looked out of shape. Positioning was poor throughout and was getting skinned by the Wigan winger far too often. Doesn’t look 100% fit yet. 5/10

Per Mertesacker – Another solid display from the ‘Big F’in German’. Kept us in the game at times making some vital interceptions and was brilliant placed throughout. Growing in confidence as the season progresses. 8/10

Thomas Vermaelen – Was overshadowed by Per’s performance, but the Belgian also had a great game. Marshalled the back-line well and his confidence is starting to come back. 7.5/10

Kieran Gibbs – The England international did well. Linked well down the left with Podolski and always looked to give the Arsenal attack another option. Did well defensively also. Good game. 7/10

Mikel Arteta – His passing was a little off today and, as always, seems out of the game when he’s not. Held his position well and fought hard. Scored Arsenal’s penalty. 7/10

Jack Wilshere – Got stuck in from the get go. Always looked to drive the team forward and set the tempo of the game with his tackling. Another passionate display from arguably a future club captain. 7.5/10

Santi Cazorla – Was very quite for me today. His movement was a little off and held on to the ball, at times, far too long. Still a quality player though so can be excused for one bad outing. 6/10

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain – Man of the Match for me. Wasn’t scared to run with the ball and simply ripped Wigan’s left-back to shreds. Delivered some nice balls into the box and was unfortunate not to get an assist to his name today. 9/10

Lukas Podolski – Did ok. Linked well with Gibbo and found good positions. Could have done better in the final third though. 5/10

Theo Walcott – Thought he could have done better with his finishing today, but besides that he done alright. Made a few intelligent runs in the match and won the penalty for his team. Needs to do better in the position in the future if he wants to claim it. 6/10

SUBS:

Aaron Ramsey – Replaced ‘The Ox’ with 15 minutes left to play. Didn’t do much to be honest. Helped Sagna when the team weren’t in possession of the ball on the right and had a few touches along the way. 5/10

Francis Coquelin – Came on for Podolski in the 79th minute. Got stuck in and held his position in midfield well. 5/10

Laurent Koscielny – Replaced Cazorla in the 91st minute with three minutes to play. As such, the Frenchman didn’t have enough time to get involved in the game. N/A

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