Arsenal beat BATE Borisov 4-2 in the Europa League on Thursday night but while some players were brilliant, others let the team down by making basic mistakes.

Well that was far more exciting than I thought it was going to be.

Theo Walcott managed to score a brace despite actually not playing well at all while Jack Wilshere was fantastic.

Defensively, Arsenal were a shambles but what else is new?

The Young Guns got a run out and, for the most part, impressed.

Here’s how they all did individually.

Defence

David Ospina – 7

The Colombian provided another roller coaster of emotion.

The goalkeeper jumped too early for BATE’s first goal and should have done better for their second.

He made five saves in total. One was really good but BATE were offside so it wouldn’t have counted anyway. Classic Dave.

Rob Holding – 7

Although BATE continued to attack down his side since they could see he was probably going to be the weak link, he showed improvement from previous games and managed to score. You can see what it meant to him from his celebration.

He even had the chance to score more.

Hopefully it does his confidence the world of good.

Per Mertesacker – 6

Similar to his appearance against Doncaster in the League Cup, the centre-back looked a bit lethargic. Almost as if he knows he’s retiring from playing at the end of the season so can’t really be bothered.

Disappointing considering he’s the one always banging on about teaching the young players how they should behave.

Shkodran Mustafi – 6

The German has seemingly forgotten how to defend. Before BATE actually scored their first goal, he let the ball bounce right past him to allow them their first real chance in the 20th minute. Nice job, pal.

Next, midfield

Midfield

Joe Willock – 6.5

Willock was decent and seemed comfortable in the centre of the park.

He became a little wasteful towards the end but the 18-year-old was dead on his feet by this stage.

He won five tackles and completed 91% of his passes.

Mohamed Elneny – 6

Once again, Elneny was quiet and did what he needed to do. Mostly, anyway.

He completed 94% of his passes.

Reiss Nelson – 7.5

A much better performance than his display against Doncaster as a wing-back. The 17-year-old was involved in almost everything and seemed remarkably comfortable on the ball.

Nelson completed three dribbles out of the four he attempted.

Ainsley Maitland-Niles – 7

Although he was once again played as a wing-back, Maitland-Niles had a decent match.

He won two aerial duels, made four clearances and five interceptions.

Next, forwards

Forwards

Theo Walcott – 8

While Theo scored a brace and could have scored more since he had SEVEN shots (four on target), and completed four dribbles, he wasn’t hugely exciting to watch and still seemed sloppy at times.

Jack Wilshere – 8.5

What a player. What. A. Player.

The midfielder completed 92% of his passes and had the time of his life playing Wenger-ball.

He linked up beautifully with Giroud.

There aren’t many players who excite Gooners as much as Jack.

Olivier Giroud – 100 (!)

Big Sexy FINALLY scored his 100th Arsenal goal. Okay, it was against BATE Borisov in the Europa League and fine it was the result of a weirdly awarded penalty but still…