Arsenal suffered a predictable and fairly dull defeat to Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
No one really expected anything other than a defeat this weekend, as City tried to bounce back from a shock against Newcastle and Arsenal travelled without a number of key defensive and midfield players thanks to injury. Still, that’s no excuse for how straightforward it all was for City.
The Gunners actually gave the hosts a pretty good first half, but a goal right before half-time killed the game, and both teams may as well have taken the remaining 45 minutes off.
Let’s have a look at our individual player ratings for the match.
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Alexandre Lacazette 4
Lacazette didn’t have any chances to score, but that wasn’t really his fault. The midfield could barely get any time on the ball, so it was understandably even more difficult for the strikers.
However, the striker’s passing was well below his usual standard, and he lost 13 of his 17 individual duels. He did make a few good interceptions though, and he dropped into the defensive shape well enough. It just didn’t make much difference.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 5
Aubameyang was a little better on the ball than Lacazette. He had the same near-complete lack of service, but he completed a couple of dribbles and 75% of his passes, which wasn’t bad given the circumstances. Still, he only had one attempt on goal, which is what he’s in the team to try and do.
The duo tends to put in performances like this when they don’t have Mesut Özil, Aaron Ramsey and Granit Xhaka to work with.
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