Brentford 0-1 Arsenal Player rating and Match reaction

Ramsdale 4 - The lad has been well and truly Arteta’d, totally all over the place


Tomiyasu 6 - Didn’t do much getting forward


Saliba 8 - I don’t know who scouted this guy for us, but they should get a statue outside the Emirates


Gabriel 7 - Tried to give us some extra threat from corners, unfortunately the corners were shit


Zinchenko 7 - Good goal line clearance and did produce some good crosses



Rice 8 - Only midfielder who seems to really have drive and passion


Odegaard 5 - As flat as he was before he got injured



Trossard 7 - Deserves to keep his place in the starting XI




Martinelli 5 - Just isn’t making the runs, cuts inside too often. He’s in firm “should be dropped” territory



Saka 6 - Bit more industry than Martinelli, but not the quality



Jesus 5 - Rustier than your mums lady garden




Subs

Nketiah 5 - Can’t anticipate anything and when he does, he lacks the technique to do anything anyway


Havertz 7 - Impact substitute


Jorginho 6 - allowed us to see it out


White - didn’t even realise he’d come on



In six away games we’ve scored a grand total of two goals in the first half (both against Bournemouth). The performance was once again assured defensively taking away some of the bed shitting by Ramsdale but too often relying on crossing balls in to players who lack aerial prowess.

We either need Partey back or we need to be prepared to be more direct in our play


This is a good result against a team that was looking to play ultra defensive and catch us on the break, not a great performance. But we’ve not had one of those away from home this season


Luton and Villa our next away games, one will stick every player behind the ball the other will try and come at us.

I provisionally prefer the idea of a team that will come at us as I think should give us space