My Arsenal player ratings from today’s 2-0 win against Crystal Palace (feel free to argue or agree with me):
Wojciech Szczesny – Never did much. Only time he was called into action was when he made a close range save from Cameron Jerome’s header in the second 45. 7/10
Bacary Sagna – Struggled at times to keep up with Yannick Bolasie and was positioned poor a few times throughout. But the Frenchman did well defensively when called upon and always offered an overlap. 7/10
Per Mertesacker – Won pretty much everything in the air and read the game superbly. 8/10
Laurent Koscielny – Made some strong tackles during the match and kept things neat and tidy from the back. Another assured performance from the French centre-back. 7/10
Nacho Monreal – The Spaniard looks to be improving week in week out. Did well offensively and defensively throughout. 7/10
Mikel Arteta – Was caught napping at times when in possession and lost pretty much every tackle he went in for. Expect better from a more experienced head. 5/10
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain – Showed us today why he wants to be playing in the middle of the park rather than out wide. Displayed good strength, passing range and movement throughout. Bagged a brace in the process. Man of the Match. 9/10
Santi Cazorla – Made some good runs and always looked to drive the team forward, but have seen him perform a whole lot better in the past. Looks a little jaded. 6/10
Lukas Podolski – Busted a gut on the left wing, up and down, down and up, and offered the side more stability in attack. Made some intelligent runs but couldn’t find a goal. 7/10
Mesut Ozil – Dictated play with his passing and always looked to feed others rather than shoot himself. Looks uninspired at the moment. 6/10
Olivier Giroud – Possibly the worst performance I have seen Giroud have in quite sometime. Wasn’t able to link well with others around him, neither hold the ball up, and his first touch was appalling. Needs help. 4/10
SUBS:
Tomas Rosicky – Came on for Podolski in the 71st minute to add some guile in midfield. N/A
Kieran Gibbs – Came on for Ozil in the 84th minute to preserve the 2-0 lead. N/A
Nicklas Bendtner – Replaced Giroud in the 84th minute. N/A
Get off Giroud’s back! His layoff for the second goal was sublime.
fairly ok. But i thought Santi deserve beter rating. I’m ok for giroud rating but rosicky also deserve some ratingand likewise Bendtner bcz they did nt put any foot wrong
Usually slagging team or manager on this site
Arteta was very outstanding he should have a 8.
The BFG was immense today, the ox looked good driving forward. Harsh rating on arteta, seeing he had more touches of the ball than anyone else on the pitch and made more successful tackles than any other arsenal player. But agree ozil looks uninspired, still created a good few chances but dropped in the 2nd half. Needs some goals to raise his head a bit I think. Santi deserves more recognition, ran his little legs off and created the first goal with a great ball to the ox. Palace contained giroud very well and he didn’t have the pace to get away from them, but still got an assist with a well weighted pass to seal the game
i totally disagree with 6 for Carzola, was not his best performance but merits more.
Arteta seemed to run the team, he was always probing. How he can be given 5/10 is beyond me. Giroud was playing in the thick of defenders who certainly put their foot in. He was excellent in his play for the second goal.
Palace played for a point and defended throughout – it is always difficult to break an 8 man defence, which in their case was understandable.
Did you see the same game as me?
Rating Podolski over Carzola is joke on the match
Looks like arsenalnews dunno what they’re talking about. Great win from the Arsenal. The 2nd goal was what the Ox is all about.
Come on you gunners!!!