January was Mikel Arteta’s first full month in charge of Arsenal, so how did the players rate?

January was a month made up of Arsenal not losing (P6 W3 D3 L0, with three of those games away) and a vast improvement in terms of attitude, application, and ability to understand what they were supposed to do compared to the dross Unai Emery served on a regular basis.

When you think about it, a month unbeaten is quite an achievement for this side so soon after getting rid of the Basque fraudster who seems incapable of seeing the role he played in his own downfall at Arsenal.

You can see Emery’s final month’s player ratings here:

Unai Emery’s final Arsenal game: Player Ratings vs Frankfurt

Here’s how the players rated in January, in descending order:

	Average
Bukayo Saka	7.88
Hector Bellerin	7.5
Granit Xhaka	7.25
Joe Willock	7.25
Gabriel Martinelli	7.2
Ainsley Maitland-Niles	7.16
Nicolas Pepe	7.16
Lucas Torreira	7.12
Reiss Nelson	7
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	7
Dani Ceballos	7
Eddie Nketiah	7
Alexandre Lacazette	6.8
Sead Kolasinac	6.66
Matteo Guendouzi	6.62
Bernd Leno	6.5
Emi Martinez	6.5
Mesut Ozil	6.5
Sokratis	6.375
David Luiz	6.2
Shkodran Mustafi	6.16
Rob Holding	5.66
Calum Chambers	0
Kieran Tierney	0
Emile Smith-Rowe	0
Dinos Mavropanos	0

 

And here is how they are doing this season so far, ordered by total points:

	Total
Nicolas Pepe	177.5
Lucas Torreira	171
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	165.5
Bernd Leno	161.5
Matteo Guendouzi	159.5
Joe Willock	155.5
Gabriel Martinelli	150.5
Bukayo Saka	145
David Luiz	136
Granit Xhaka	132
Alexandre Lacazette	122
Sokratis	117.5
Mesut Ozil	116.5
Calum Chambers	111
Ainsley Maitland-Niles	109
Dani Ceballos	109
Sead Kolasinac	92
Shkodran Mustafi	81.5
Reiss Nelson	76
Kieran Tierney	68.5
Emi Martinez	63
Hector Bellerin	57.5
Rob Holding	52.5
Emile Smith Rowe	38.5
Nacho Monreal	17.5
Eddie Nketiah	14
Henrikh Mkhitryan	13.5
Dinos Mavropanos	4
Pablo Mari	0