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[Player Ratings] Arsenal 1-2 Watford: See which Gunner deserved a 3

By mac14 on January 31, 2017

Arsenal wasted a golden opportunity to close the gap on Chelsea after one of the worse 45 minutes in recent memory led to a 2-1 defeat to Watford tonight.

Another shocking first half saw Watford go 2-0 inside the first 15 minutes and while we rallied after the break with Alex Iwobi halving the deficit we couldn’t get anything from the game so slumped to a disgraceful defeat.

Here are my ratings:

Cech 6/10 | A little unlucky with both goals. The first was a deflection that wrong footed him and their second he initially saved only for the rebound to fall kindly to Deeney.

Gabriel 5/10 | All over the place in the first half. No idea why Wenger left Bellerin out.

Mustafi 4/10 | Awful defending let Capoue dance through to create the Watford second.

Koscielny 6/10 | Not particularly at fault tonight but given a tough time by the Watford attack.

Monreal 5/10 | Should have made more effort to get goal-side of Deeney for the second goal.

Coquelin 5/10 | None existent tackle to stop Capoue going through on goal. Looked lost until he was taken off.

Ramsey 4/10 | Ball deflected off him for their first and failed to gather possession or track back for their second. Forced off with another hamstring injury in the 20th minute.

Iwobi 6/10 | Lovely finish to make it 2-1 but was otherwise frustrated by the Watford defence.

Ozil 4/10 | One of his worst games of the season. Did very little all game. He just can’t hack it against a big, physical side who press us with aggression.

Sanchez 6/10 | Great work to assist for Iwobi’s goal and was at least trying to make things happen but perhaps tried to do too much on his own.

Giroud 3/10 | Absolutely anonymous. Did virtually nothing before being replaced at half time.

Subs:

Oxlade-Chamberlain 6/10 | Did pretty well in the middle of the park again. Should have started ahead of Ramsey. Picked up a knock so hopefully he’s OK.

Walcott 5/10 | Missed two great chances to reduce the deficit early in the second half then went missing for the rest of the game.

Perez 5/10 | Rattled the bar with a rasping shot late on.