Raya 6 - A lot of Hollywood saves where he could have held on rather than parried behind, nice long kick for our third goal but the guy throws the ball out to Lerma then grins about it…moron.


White 7 - Didn’t have much to do but did what he had to do well enough


Saliba 7.5 - Closed down the space well


Gabriel 9 - Actually think he had a goal harshly taken off him


Zinchenko 7 - Was given licence to get forward and he was probably one of more instrumental creative players


Rice 7.5 - Not been great last few games but more direct and quicker on the ball today


Havertz 7 - Tidy and contributed to attack


Trossard 8 - Nice composed finish and one of our dangermen coming forward


Saka 7 - More interested in beating his full back than cutting inside…that helps


Jesus 6.5 - Fairly anonymous, but didn’t look fully fit




Subs:


Martinelli 9 - Two identical finishes, proves what an explosive player he can be on the counter


Smith Rowe 8 - After three nil and before Martinelli’s brace, seemed to be the one player determined to get forward. Guy desperately needs (and deserves) more game time


Jorginho 7 - Solid enough


Nketiah 7 - Some decent link up play


Kiwior 6.5 - Untroubled



This felt like a team that had something to prove. Seems like we’ve got something approaching an attacking game plan, grab the opener from a set piece and then soak up pressure and break. We clearly don’t have an out and out striker in the squad and that will hurt us….but we’ve shown today that we can employ a bit of directness and variety