Player Ratings as Arsenal Fail to Throw away 3 Points
By Matty Sadler
February 21 2015
Arsenal narrowly failed to throw away two points in the last minutes of thiis game and in the end got all 3 points. I have probably been a bit generous with some of the ratings their to be honest, because we were rubbish in the first half and worst in the second half. A better team would've punished us today. Regardless, we got the three points and the Swansea result has put us up to third. Bring on Monaco!
Ospina - 5. Didn't fill me with confidence today. Notably hurt himself after a ludicrous collision with Mertesacker. Couldn't have done much with Murray's goal, but was absolutely nowhere when Murray hit the post moments later.
Chambers - 6. Did okay defensively but didn't really offer anything going forward.
Mertesacker - 6. Did okay, won a lot of headers in the first half.
Koscielny - 6. Did okay.
Monreal - 4. We're very lucky that Wilfried Zaha has no end product.
Coquelin - 7. Not at his best in the first half, but battled hard in the second half. Possibly could've been sent off though.
Cazorla - 6. Worked hard throughout but not his best performance. Another good penalty though.
Welbeck - 6. Played a big part in both goals, but really should've got himself into the game more.
Ozil - 5. Anonymous in the first half. A couple of okay moments in the second half.
Alexis - 6. Not his best performance today, but did well for our second goal.
Giroud - 6. Again, never really in the game, but scored a really important poacher's goal.
Subs:
Rosicky - N/A. Didn't really do anything.
Gibbs - N/A. Didn't really do anything.
Gabriel - N/A. Not on long.