Arsenal continued their good form with a 2-0 win over Brighton & Hove Albion.
It was all panic and chaos at the end of the August, but Arsenal have now won six of their last seven games, and only match they didn’t win was a 0-0 draw against Chelsea.
It’s been a great week for the team, securing three wins and successfully managing a mid-week trip to Belarus in the process. It wasn’t always pretty, but we can’t complain with the points.
Brighton at home should have been a straightforward game. Although the performance wasn’t the best we’ll ever see, we did just enough to see off mediocre opposition thanks to goals from Nacho Monreal and Alex Iwobi.
So, here’s how the player’s did.
Midfield
Hector Bellerin 5
With Arsenal dominating the ball, Bellerin was able to attack at will down the right flank. While he always supported the Arsenal attack, he struggled a bit with the pace of Jose Izquierdo going the other way.
Granit Xhaka 6
A tidy, if unremarkable game from Xhaka. He kept his passing simple by refraining from extravagant long passes and defended well without diving in on anybody.
Aaron Ramsey 5
Played high up the pitch and frequently attacked the Brighton penalty area, but had little luck in the final third. A pair of scuffed volleys from the edge of the penalty area summed up his game.
Sead Kolasinac 6
He wasn’t quite the attacking force down the left that we’ve come to appreciate, and did give away the free-kick that lead to Solly March hitting the post in the first half. However, he did set-up a chance for Ramsey in the first half and was a threat on set-pieces.
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