Arsenal shook off a comeback scare to progress to the Europa League semi-finals with a 2-2 draw against CSKA Moscow on Thursday night.
A few hundred Arsenal fans navigated all the hurdles associated with a match in Russia, and at first it looked like they would end up returning home disappointed. In fact, after taking a 2-0 lead CSKA were just inches away from making it three and going ahead on away goals.
Fortunately, the tie turned after the first substitutions, and Arsenal ended up with a comfortable looking 6-3 scoreline on aggregate. The performance wasn’t nearly as impressive as the final result looks though.
So how did the players do individually?
4Substitutes
Calum Chambers 6
Coming off the bench for Wilshere, Chambers allowed Arsenal to change formation and shift the balance of the game. He didn’t have a massive amount to do, but was solid and helped the team see out the match.
Alex Iwobi 4.5
Unfortunately, all Iwobi’s performance will be remembered for is his terrible shot when through on goal. He did the little else he had to do right, but fluffed his lines with his big chance. He really needs a few goals to kill these confidence issues.