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[Player Ratings] Arsenal 3-1 Stoke: How Wenger’s men rated

By on December 10, 2016

Arsenal moved top of the Premier League table thanks to a 3-1 comeback win over Stoke at the Emirates this afternoon with Theo Walcott, Mesut Ozil and Alex Iwobi all getting on the score-sheet.

Here are my ratings:

Cech  6.5/10 | Good save to deny Crouch an equaliser at 2-1 but once again no where near the penalty. He needs to work on his penalty-saving skills!

Gabriel  7/10 | More comfortable when he moved in to the middle following Mustafi’s injury. Solid at the back.

Mustafi  N/A | Forced off after 24 minutes with a hamstring injury. Hopefully it’s not too serious.

Koscielny 7/10 | Another solid performance from our skipper. Dealt with whatever Stoke threw at us.

Monreal  6.5/10 | Given a bit of a tough time by Shaqiri in the first half but kept him quiet after the break.

Coquelin  6.5/10 | Broke up some play around the pitch but not convinced he was required in a game like this. If Ramsey was fit I like to think he’d have started.

Xhaka  7/10 | I thought he was very unfortunate to give away a cheap penalty but great on possession and made some useful tackles too.

Walcott  7/10 | Superb finish to poke home for 1-1 and almost scored a lovely solo effort near the end. Didn’t do much in-between though.

Ozil  7.5/10 | Pretty subdued in the first half but was far more involved after the break and scored a stunning header to give us the lead.

Oxlade-Chamberlain  7.5/10 | Superb floated pass to assist Ozil for our second goal and almost got on the score-sheet himself with a decent effort from outside the box. Another impressive display.

Sanchez  7.5/10 | Lovely ball in the build-up to the equaliser and got the assist for Iwobi’s goal. Another busy performance from the Chilean.

Subs:

Bellerin  7/10 | Changed the game for us as he offered real pace and width down the right. Great cross to set-up Walcott for the vital equaliser.

Iwobi  7/10 | Great to see him on the score-sheet again with a lovely finish.

Giroud  6/10 | Only on for 15 minutes.

Watch video highlights and the goals from the game here

So the win sees us go top of the table on goals scored form Chelsea so let’s hope West Brom can do us a favour tomorrow afternoon.