Ratings v Handball Team Nelson gives Cherries one in the eye
By Flava
March 4 2023
The opening goal was scored at 9 seconds as Arsenal were still snoozing, the winning goal was scored with 11 seconds to spare. Suddenly the time wasting team wanted to hurry and wanted more time, too late, only Arsenal have learnt how to bend time. How Arsenal didnt have at least a couple of pens for handball was a sources of amazement to those at the game and possibly beyond. That the MotM is a sub who had an assist and a goal, that another sub got an assist (ESR), and that Ben White another sub scored is also remarkable. Ive been watching football for over 65 years Ive never seen an Arsenal game quite like it. The crowd didnt want to go home, stewards came into the family section to urge people to leave! Anyway enough of that Flava's ratings follow:
Ramsdale 7 - Not much to do but made a couple of class saves
Tomiyasu 5 - A difficult half, not easy when you’ve barely played
Saliba 7 - Looks super calm back there. Nice corner flag kick at the end
Gabriel 7 - Played well
Zinchenko 8 - Drove the team on
Partey 7 - recycle recycle recycle
Ødegaard 6 - prodded and probed. Not at his best
Vieira 5 - should’ve been his day but underwhelmed. Did take up some good positions but the ball never came
Saka 6 - Kept trying
Trossard n/a
Martinelli 6 - Tried but not a striker for me
ESR 6 - Not match fit but valuable minutes. Did get an assist
White 8 - Goal and bellowed in Neto’s face when Nelson scored
Nelson 9 - MOTM, I’ve seen worse sub appearances 😃
Xhaka n/a
3 out if the last 5 wins have been injury time winners. That’s not sustainable