Aston Villa 1-0 Arsenal: PLAYER RATINGS

Aston Villa 1-0 Arsenal: PLAYER RATINGS. Read Dan Mountney's player ratings after a lacklustre display from the Gunners.



Aston Villa 1-0 Arsenal: PLAYER RATINGS

Alexandre Lacazette was one of a number of players to struggle. CREDIT: OFFSIDE


Emiliano Martinez - 6 - Could do little about the goal and did his work well.

Rob Holding - 3 - Struggled on the right side of the back three with Jack Grealish causing him plenty of problems.

David Luiz - 5 - A quiet game at the back for the Brazilian.

Sead Kolasinac - 1 - After three years at Arsenal and plenty of lacklustre performances, the Bosnian clearly isn't good enough. Poor defensively and uncomfortable on the ball, he is never going to thrive in Mikel Arteta's system.

Cedric Soares - 1 - His January signing came with question marks and his performance tonight shows he might not be at the required level. Poor defensively and not much better going forward, with none of his 11 crosses finding a team-mate.

Bukayo Saka - 4.5 - Failed to light up the game like he's done throughout his breakthrough season, but his display was solid enough.

Dani Ceballos - 6.5 - One of the few to come away with credit as he battled hard and tried to get Arsenal moving forward.

Lucas Torreira - 1 - Gave the ball away far too often and failed to get Arsenal moving forward. The midfielder was taken off at the break as he failed to stake his claim ahead of the FA Cup final.

Eddie Nketiah - 2 - Offered little going forward, but was unlucky to see his glancing header hit the post in the second half.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - 2 - Failed to get into the game in a poor performance on the left.

Alexandre Lacazette - 2 - Dropped far too deep which played a part in Arsenal's poor attacking display.

Substitutes

Granit Xhaka - 4.5 - Failed to get the Gunners going forward after coming on.

Nicolas Pepe - 6 - Looked lively off the bench but failed to create the clear cut chances Arsenal needed.

Kieran Tierney - 6.5 - Worked hard down the left and looked lively, but couldn't provide the killer cross Arsenal needed.

Joe Willock - 4 - Failed to impact the game.


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