Arsenal 4-1 Palace Player Ratings and Match Reaction

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Ramsdale 6 - Not much he could do for the Schlupp goal, but was almost beaten at his near post by Zaha and rescued by the woodwork


White 7 - Has been really good from an attacking point of view lately


Holding 5 - Silly cunt put in an ugly challenge in the first half which he could have been booked for and gave palace the chance to almost take the lead. Protected from himself by White and Gabriel


Gabriel 7 - Solid as usual


Zinchenko 5 - Quiet which is what I like to see



Partey 6 - Can be lazy and sloppy in possession of late, almost got us into trouble a couple of times today



Xhaka 6 - Getting into more advanced positions the last few games and positions himself well to mop up chances



Odegaard 6 - Someone needs to have a word with him about defending set pieces



Martinelli 8 - No sign that missing the penalty on Thursday has affected him. Good performance



Trossard 8 - Makes things happen



Saka 8 - First goal was good, second goal was even better




Subs


Jesus 7 - Feeling his way back in, love how he makes defences nervous


Jorginho 6 - Nothing much to do


Tierney 6 - No frills cameo, nice assist for the 4th goal


Smith-Rowe 5 - Completely anonymous


Kiwior 7 - Nice interception right at the end



I wasn’t happy to see Holding start and his lack of pace, game awareness and his propensity for reckless tackling could have cost us early on….if Saliba isn’t back by the time we go to Anfield I will be very nervous.
Another side that put in a deep block and was going to be hard to break down opened up with one bit of good play…like how White and Saka work together on that right hand side it’s very effective.
I complain about some schoolboy errors but in fairness, as much as I didn’t give a shit about going out of the Europa league this made this a pressure game for us and we dealt with that admirably.