Goonersworld

Vote for your Man of the Match in the poll above.

My main man Pepe

Pepe by some distance

White easily

Pepe.

But the introduction of Partey and Smith Rowe changed the game.

Ramsdale - 7 - composed and inspired confidence.
Tierney - 5 - Another pretty poor game. Crossing was poor and positioning suspect
White - 8 **MOTM** - class playing out from the back, was the main organiser of the defence talking all the way through. Great reading of the game
Gabriel - 7 - good. Worked well with White
Tomiyasu - 8 - Very good indeed today - energy, aggression, good recovery on the 2 occasions he was caught out of position. Very good in the air.
Lakonga - 7 - oozes class on the ball. Another composed performance. It is so good to see our players so comfortable and concentrated in possession
AMN - 4 - poor decision making all game
Saka - 6 - Not at his best. Some poor passing and found it hard to really get behind the defence.
Odegaard - 6 - Bit of a 'meh' game. Didn't do anything particularly well.
Pepe - 6 - frustrating performance. Busy and started well, but his control was abysmal and too many moves broke down because of him
Aubameyang - 6 - for is goal, but his finishing was again poor and he didn't do well enough to create passing lanes from midfield

Partey - 8 - Excellent passing long and short - good decision making on when to do both
ESR - 7 - Looked very good driving at the defence again and creating danger
Soares - N/A

Arteta - 8 - Brave line up, team looked well set up and substitutions proved decisive

Ref - 7 - didn't cheat - a welcome change.