Arsenal snatched a late draw in the closing stages against Southampton after a poor performance all round.

Here are our individual ratings.

Defence

Petr Čech 5

Petr made a couple of rather strange decisions in the first-half, punching and running out of the box for diving headers, although he couldn’t really be faulted for the goal.

His distribution was also a bit off, with one kick going straight out of play, but in general he was fairly solid at keeping the Saints out.

Nacho Monreal 4

Failed to track the runner for Southampton’s goal, although he wasn’t awful otherwise.

One long shot that went fairly close was the only other noteworthy moment.

Per Mertesacker 3

Arsène Wenger’s first substitution, and you could see why. Per was off the pace despite not having much to do for much of the match.

He was lucky Romeu only hit the bar after the German sat off him.

Laurent Koscielny 4

Gave away possession cheaply a number of times, and struggled to keep, pass or do much constructive with the ball.

Laurent wasn’t really involved in the goal conceded, but was part of the poor defensive performance early on.

Next, midfield…

Midfield

Sead Kolašinac 4

Got in the right position to cross plenty of times, but never managed to pick out a teammate.

He needs to do better from those positions because he always makes opportunities for himself.

Hector Bellerín 3

Messed up a counter-attack or two in the first half and lost possession in the second when Arsenal really needed to keep it.

He didn’t have much to do defensively and didn’t do anything noteworthy at the other end either.

Granit Xhaka 4

A handball and a poor pass to Nacho Monreal got Arsenal fans groaning that Granit still hasn’t learned his lessons defensively.

He ended up being substituted after not contributing much at either end, but that was as much the fault of the way the Gunners set up as his individual performance.

Aaron Ramsey 6

Aaron was very unlucky not to score when Forster got down well to save in the first half.

He was involved in a couple of good moves as the game went on, but then picked up an injury at a crucial time and left Arsenal essentially playing with 10 men after making all three substitutions.

Next, forwards…

Forwards

Alexis Sanchez 4

Lively in the opening stages, his game deteriorated as the match wore on.

He did manage an assist for Giroud’s late equaliser, but in general it was another poor performance from the Chilean.

Mesut Özil 7

Özil seemed to be the only player awake in the opening 15 minutes, as he carried on his great form.

As the game went on, and he was moved into a makeshift midfield three, Mesut seemed to find it more difficult to have an impact.

By no means a bad performance, but his hard work went unrewarded.

Certainly the team’s best starter.

Alexandre Lacazette 5

Alexandre turned and shot well early on, and deserved a penalty after being taken out off the ball by Yoshida.

But with the way Arsenal played in the second half, they couldn’t get him involved, and he was eventually substituted for Giroud.

Next, subs…

Substitutes

Danny Welbeck 4

Was hardly involved at all after coming off the bench, crossing poorly at first, then laying it off to others instead of trying to make things happen himself.

Jack Wilshere 6

Provided a bit of a spark, but didn’t really have the offensive impact the Gunners needed.

Olivier Giroud 8

Came off the bench to score again, so it’s hard to say anything negative about his performance, brief as it was.