Arsenal vs Liverpool - Player ratings and Match Reaction

[HCZ_Reborn]

Ramsdale 7 - Had no chance with either goal and showed good reactions to keep out Nunez and stop Saliba from scoring an own goal


White 6 - Was pinned back by Diaz and found him tough to handle at times


Saliba 7 - Largely solid, Ramsdale had to be sharp to stop him from netting an own goal which would have been harsh as it was a find defensive interception


Gabriel 5 - I’m sorry but he needs to be dropped, today he was lucky not to concede a penalty and a moronic header put Liverpool in for their equaliser


Tomoyasu 6 - Did ok given he’s not a right back let alone a left back, found it harder as the first half went on to contain Salah



Partey 6 - Pretty poor and Liverpool seemed quite happy to play around him



Xhaka 6 - Not often I say this but he actually was better than Partey as he seemed to make more interceptions but still not good enough at this level



Odegaard 7 - More involved than he was against Spurs last week, lovely ball through to Martinelli for the opening goal


Martinelli 9 - Just makes full backs soil themselves doesn’t he, his pace, his control on the ball…him and Jesus are definitely our two best players this season


Jesus 7 - Not quite as much of a menace as he was against Tottenham and Brentford but he’s always there breathing down peoples necks


Saka 8 - Not had the best start to the season, but got forward well…timed his run well to get his goal and showed balls to score the penalty.


Subs: Can’t really remember


It wasn’t the same confident performance we’ve seen earlier in the season, but when a team has done us over as many times as Liverpool has done us over recently…it’s understandable…given we were pegged back twice we showed a lot of character. A really important and deserved win.

[Marc Overmars]

Gabriel has taken Xhaka’s place as the mistake magnet.

[HCZ_Reborn]

Gabriel has taken Xhaka’s place as the mistake magnet.

Gabriel is a really good defender, at his best one of the best in the league. But I’d say on at least three or four occasions this season he’s produced some bed shitting moments that really call his judgement into question.

For me I’d drop him for a few games…move Tomoyasu to right back and play White in the centre with Saliba.

[Chippy]

Gabriel is a really good defender, at his best one of the best in the league. But I’d say on at least three or four occasions this season he’s produced some bed shitting moments that really call his judgement into question.

For me I’d drop him for a few games…move Tomoyasu to right back and play White in the centre with Saliba.

Spot on.
He needs to get his head straight before he plays again.

[selassie]

Ramsdale 7 - Had no chance with either goal and showed good reactions to keep out Nunez and stop Saliba from scoring an own goal


White 6 - Was pinned back by Diaz and found him tough to handle at times


Saliba 7 - Largely solid, Ramsdale had to be sharp to stop him from netting an own goal which would have been harsh as it was a find defensive interception


Gabriel 5 - I’m sorry but he needs to be dropped, today he was lucky not to concede a penalty and a moronic header put Liverpool in for their equaliser


Tomoyasu 6 - Did ok given he’s not a right back let alone a left back, found it harder as the first half went on to contain Salah



Partey 6 - Pretty poor and Liverpool seemed quite happy to play around him



Xhaka 6 - Not often I say this but he actually was better than Partey as he seemed to make more interceptions but still not good enough at this level



Odegaard 7 - More involved than he was against Spurs last week, lovely ball through to Martinelli for the opening goal


Martinelli 9 - Just makes full backs soil themselves doesn’t he, his pace, his control on the ball…him and Jesus are definitely our two best players this season


Jesus 7 - Not quite as much of a menace as he was against Tottenham and Brentford but he’s always there breathing down peoples necks


Saka 8 - Not had the best start to the season, but got forward well…timed his run well to get his goal and showed balls to score the penalty.


Subs: Can’t really remember


It wasn’t the same confident performance we’ve seen earlier in the season, but when a team has done us over as many times as Liverpool has done us over recently…it’s understandable…given we were pegged back twice we showed a lot of character. A really important and deserved win.

I think Tomiyasu deserves a higher rating than that. I thought he was really good today. I agree we were pretty below par in Midfield, both Partey and Xhaka. They did improve second half though.

[GP]

I thought both full backs were really good. Tomi especially.

[21_GOONER_SALUTE]

I thought both full backs were really good. Tomi especially.

Totally agree with you, in fact don't really agree with most of Zombie's ratings today (except the Gabriel part).

Besides the fullbacks who both did great jobs, we owe most of the victory to the solidity of the usual standout stars... Saliba, Partey and Martinelli...guys who never get fazed by the opposition.

Xhaka also had a good game, though we can and should do better.

It was a good team effort, but like I keep saying, in these big games you need players to standout and go the extra mile, show that there is really something special about them....Martinelli clearly did today and the other mentions didn't shirk responsibility either.

Again I think Odegaard really needs to step up or better yet Arteta shouldn't play him in these big games...safe performances aren't good enough for this team in these kind of matches.

Well done to our rookie...6 points in the last 2 games is really something impressive.

[LDG]

Tomi was excellent, as was White.

Our midfield were bossed by Liverpool first half, but our good shape limited their chances. I thought Partey was poor in the first half, caught between Liverpool’s lines. We struggled to keep the ball. The change at half time of squeezing the midfield worked much better and as Liverpool backed off we took control.

Really inpressive we as a team are able to make these tactical changes. Partey was excellent in the second half.

[LDG]

By the way, what planet was Oliver officiating on today?

How can an elbow in Jesus’ face be a free kick to Liverpool, let alone a look by VAR should gave given him a decision to make on whether or not it was deliberate. Some of the other rough tactics were dismissed….I’m all for a more physical game, and its great to see refs not stopping play all the time, but there is physical and there is foul play.

[HCZ_Reborn]

I think Tomiyasu deserves a higher rating than that. I thought he was really good today. I agree we were pretty below par in Midfield, both Partey and Xhaka. They did improve second half though.

I’d happily bump it up to a 7, I did think he was getting done a bit on Liverpool’s right hand side as the half wore on. But I think he did play pretty well