Arsenal welcomed Manchester City at the Emirates Stadium earlier tonight as they hoped to secure maximum points at home in the Premier League. The Gunners made a bright start to the game but conceded the opening goal in the 24th minute when Kevin De Bruyne pounced on Takehiro Tomiyasu’s mistake to score with a good finish. However, the North London club responded courtesy of Bukayo Saka’s penalty in the 42nd minute as the two teams went into the half-time interval with a 1-1 scoreline.
The Gunners conceded their second goal in the 72nd minute when Jack Grealish scored with a clinical finish. Erling Haaland ended up killing the game off just ten minutes later as Arsenal crashed to a disappointing 3-1 loss in front of their home fans.
Let’s take a look at how each Arsenal player fared during the match against Manchester City.
GK: Aaron Ramsdale – 6/10
He made a few solid saves at the back but still ended up shipping in three goals tonight.
RB: Takehiro Tomiyasu – 5/10
Tomiyasu made a poor mistake to gift Kevin De Bruyne the opening goal. He looked shaky when defending inside his half all throughout the game.
CB: William Saliba – 6/10
The Frenchman made some crucial defensive contributions and was a dominant presence in the air.
CB: Gabriel – 6/10
Gabriel tried to keep Haaland quiet but lost most of his battles with the Norwegian striker in the second half.
LB: Oleksandr Zinchenko – 6/10
He worked hard defensively and had a couple bright moments in the opponent’s half.
CM: Martin Odegaard – 5.5/10
Odegaard struggled to get a foohold in the game and produced an uninspiring display for Arsenal at the centre of the park.
CM: Jorginho – 7/10
The Italy international anchored the midfield well at times and was a good presence on the ball as well.
CM: Granit Xhaka – 6/10
Xhaka made some important defensive contributions but lacked the cutting edge in the Man City half.
RW: Bukayo Saka – 7/10
Saka caused a few headaches for the opposition defenders and got his name on the scoresheet from the penalty spot in the 42nd minute.
ST: Eddie Nketiah – 6/10
He wasted a few decent chances to find the back of the net and did well to last the whole game.
LW: Gabriel Martinelli – 6.5/10
Martinelli made a few good runs with the ball and engineered one key chance in the final third.
Substitutes:
LW: Leandro Trossard – 6/10
He made one good chance in the opposition half.
CM: Fabio Vieira – N/A
Vieira hardly had any time to influence the game.
RB: Ben White – N/A
He came on for the final few minutes of the contest.
