Player Ratings: Arsenal 0-2 Juventus: Eddie Nketiah hits post as Gunners lose to Serie A visitors

Find out which Arsenal players impressed during the Gunners 2-0 friendly defeat to Juventus at the Emirates



Player Ratings: Arsenal 0-2 Juventus: Eddie Nketiah hits post as Gunners lose to Serie A visitors

Granit Xhaka wins the ball as Federico Gatti of Juventus goes down screaming. CREDIT: Jacques Feeney / Offside


Arsenal lost 2-0 to Juventus at the Emirates on Saturday evening. 

Granit Xhaka's deflected header moments before the interval and a late second from substitute Samuel Iling-Junior sealed victory for the Serie A side to cap a disappointing evening in North London. 

To further compound mounting problems for Gunners boss Mikel Arteta, Reiss Nelson limped off injured early in the first half.

Read on to find out which Gunners stars impressed with our Gooner Fanzine Player Ratings

Aaron Ramsdale: 7/10 - Had no chance when beaten by Xhaka's deflected header, nor by Juve's late second which came off Rob Holding's boot

Ben White: 7/10 - Good to see the talented defender back home in the red and white of Arsenal

Rob Holding: 6.5/10 - Deflected Iling-Junior's late shot past Ramsdale 

Gabriel: 6.5/10 - Penalised in the build-up to Nketiah's disallowed strike in the second half

Kieran Tierney: 7/10 - Supplemented colleagues further forward when given the chance to attack

Thomas Partey: 6/10 

Granit Xhaka: 7/10 - Another returnee from the desert whose presence was welcomed even if his unfortunate headed own goal put Juventus ahead on the stroke of half time

Fabio Vieira: 6.5/10 - Silky skills to draw a save from Juventus keeper Perin - but needs to make more of an impact

Reiss Nelson: N/A limped off early with a worrying injury that will concern everyone

 

Martin Odegaard (C): 6.5/10 - Captained the side on his birthday. To be fair he's probably had better birthdays...

Eddie Nketiah: 6/10 - Desperate to make his mark against Juve with the coming weeks in mind in Jesus' absence. Unlucky to hit the post in the first half.

Substitutes:

Marquinhos: 6/10 - On for the stricken Reiss Nelson early in the first half and showed nice touches throughout

Amario Cozier-Duberry: 7/10 - Replaced Partey and looked lively with a great touch, as he has been all season for the Arsenal U21s. A bright future if he keeps working hard

Cedric Soares: 6.5/10 - Swapped with Ben White

Mohamed Elneny: 7/10 - Replaced Xhaka as part of Arteta's triple second half substitutiuon. Will have a big part to play over the coming weeks and months 

 


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  1. silentstan

    Dec 17, 2022, 21:18 #117297

    Ludicrously generous ratings Nketiah 3 Marquinos 4 Vieira 5 Xhaka 5 Partey 5 Holding 5