Arsenal could only manage a draw against Brighton on Sunday, effectively killing their hopes of a top-four finish.
At this stage, Arsenal could only finish in the Champions League places if Tottenham lost to Everton and the Gunners beat Burnley with a goal difference swing of eight. Realistically, all the eggs are in the Europa League basket now, thanks to another game of wasted opportunities at the Emirates Stadium.
Unai Emery’s side took the lead early on, and they should have cruised to victory after that. It took some excellent goalkeeping and defensive blocks to keep the score at 1-0, but after that, another individual error gifted Brighton an equaliser in the second half, and Arsenal wasted chances to retake the lead.
Let’s have a look at our individual player ratings for the match.
Substitutes
Sead Kolasinac 4
All three substitutes came on at the same time, with 13 minutes left, which honestly wasn’t enough time to have a significant impact on the game. Even so, Kolasinac was probably the least effective, as he completed just three passes and didn’t create any chances.
Matteo Guendouzi 4
Guendouzi got on the ball more than the other two substitutes, but that just gave him more chances to prove he was unable to find that killer pass Arsenal needed. He essentially just came on and did what Xhaka was doing with fewer mistakes but also slightly less incisive passing.
Alex Iwobi 5
Iwobi did at least create one chance, and one particularly dangerous driven cutback should’ve found an Arsenal man. Most of his crosses just ended up back with Brighton players though.