Here are my Arsenal player ratings from today’s 0-0 draw with Chelsea (feel free to argue or agree with me):
Wojciech Szczesny – The young Pole had a fairly quite day at the office. Intercepted balls well and saved what was thrown at him, which wasn’t much. Read the game superbly well and kept a clean sheet in the process – 8/10
Bacary Sagna – The Frenchman got forward well, but not as much as we’re used to seeing. Got caught napping a few times in the first half, which led to a few Chelsea attacks down the left, but overall he did alright – 6.5/10
Laurent Koscielny – Another solid performance from the man dubbed by the Arsenal faithful as ‘The Boss’. Defended brilliantly and made some vital tackles and interceptions throughout the 90 minutes. Probably Arsenal’s man of the match – 8.5/10
Thomas Vermaelen – He and Koscielny covered each other well today. The Belgian international wasn’t really troubled and did what he had to do when called upon – 7.5/10
Kieran Gibbs – Possibly the best game I’ve seen Gibbo play in a long time. Got forward well to offer another attacking option, while tracking back when we didn’t have possession. Positioning still needs working on, but he’s still only 22 and this will come in time. Arsenal’s second best performer – 8/10
Alex Song – Despite playing three world-class balls to RVP (two of which were ruled offside) I thought his over passing today was poor. Tracked back well when Chelsea had the ball, but was very slow to release possession and was caught out on a number of occasions – 6.5/10
Aaron Ramsey – I thought the Welshman performed ok, but could have done a whole lot better. His passing was on point, but it looked like he was struggling to keep up with the pace of the game. Also gave the ball away a few times in the first half, but did rack back well when the full-back pushed forward – 6/10
Tomas Rosicky – Made some good runs forward to support RVP and his passing was neat and precise. However, he was lacking that creative spark, which was disappointing. Was substituted by Abou Diaby in the 64th minute. Also picked up a booking – 7/10
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain – The youngster got forward well, but his movement could have been better if I’m honest. Never really saw those dynamic runs he produced against AC Milan a few weeks ago, but hey, he’s still young and learning. Was replaced by Andre Santos in the 69th minute – 6/10
Theo Walcott – Another poor performance from the highly overrated and inconsistent English winger. Never looked a threat going forward and lacked conviction throughout. Picked up a hamstring injury early in the second half and as a result was substituted in the 60th minute for Gervinho – 5.5/10
Robin van Persie – Just wasn’t the Dutchman’s day. Missed a great chance in the first half, which hit the post, after Walcott swung in a great delivery from a free-kick. Over elaborated in front of goal when he could have simply had a pop at the Chelsea net. First touch was poor throughout and lacked that killer instinct we’ve seen all season – 7/10
Subs
Gervinho – Did ok when he came on for Theo, but nothing that was influential or noticeable to be honest – 5.5/10
Abou Diaby – Passed the ball about well and kept things tidy in midfield – 6/10
Andre Santos – Came on for Chambo in the 69th minute. Got forward a few times, but the Brazilian never really offered anything in attack nor defensively – 5/10
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Ramilson gave away possession cheaply on 4 occassions in the first half. Our forever promising talented Ramilson was probably thinking there were no opponents on the field, so he was taking his own sweet think to think what to do with the ball. Most “consistant” player in his last few game. Rathing 2.
Walcock, a basic football brain fellow who felt the hamstring pain would put the ball out of play while you were having the possession, rather than giving up the possession and falling like a baby yelling for help. Pathetic. Rathing 2.
Your ratings are so unbelievably bias and contradicting its unreal
Your ratings are so poor and I think you like ramsey too much to wake up to the reality! For a very long time now your ratings have been poor! You sentimental british wit
we dont need ramsey in our team again.
I get the feeling your ratings are influenced by your opinions on certain players.
If Kos gets 8.5 then Ramsey is never as low as a 6. Ramsey had a good game compared to recent standards, he was the hardest working player on the pitch. Kos made some great challenges but his passing was was always short and under pace and left the person receiving the ball in danger quite often.
Diaby also had a good game