Arsenal v Dinamo Zagreb

Arsenal player ratings v Dinamo Zagreb – Decent marks for most of the team

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Arsenal earned a comfortable win against Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League tonight to almost certainly secure automatic qualification to the knockout stages.. This is our players’ rating.

David Raya – 7.0

He would probably never have a quieter night than this.

Jurrien Timber – 7.0

He almost made a costly mistake, otherwise, this was a good night for him.

Jakub Kiwior – 7.0

He had a good night, perhaps an easy one, as Zagreb rarely threatened.

Gabriel Magalhaes – 7.0

He was comfortable throughout the game and would wish he had scored from one of the corners.

Oleksandr Zinchenko – 7.5

He was not affected by the speculations about his future and made some nice runs into midfield. A wonderful night for him.

Martin Odegaard – 7.5

This was a much-improved performance from the Arsenal captain, and he capped it off with a goal.

Jorginho – 7.5

He was very comfortable tonight and that saw him play some nice balls to the attackers and help Arsenal dominate possession.

Declan Rice – 8.0

This was another good performance from Rice who scored an early goal and delivered some dangerous setpieces. 

Raheem Sterling – 5.0

Sterling is simply past his best now. Almost everything he tries to do fails to come off, and it’s embarrassing watching him clatter into players when he attempts a dribble.

Kai Havertz – 8.0

Havertz had a productive day, scoring one and setting another in a top performance.

Gabriel Martinelli – 8.5

Martinelli deserved a goal in this game, but he provided one and played a key role in another. His running caused Zagreb all kinds of problems.

Martinelli v Dinamo
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Substitutes

Thomas Partey – 7.0

He came on and helped Arsenal remain solid at the back.

Ethan Nwaneri – 6.5

He almost set up another goal for Arsenal. Good to have him back.

Kieran Tierney – 6.5

He didn’t have much to do after coming on.

Leandro Trossard – 7.0

Created the final goal after coming on.

Nathan Butler-Oyedeji – N/A

He would be delighted to have made his debut, but he did not spend much time on the pitch.

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10 Comments

  1. Quite impressive that 3 academy players made it into the first team this season, two fairly regularly now in both PL and cup matches.

    A different two featured in a CL match tonight – one is injured or he’d probably have been playing as well.

    1. And apparently, Arteta doesn’t trust youth and academy players according to some “fans” on here.

      Great to see, and MLS and Nwanerie look the real deal as well.

      1. @Lucy78
        In the years that he has been manager, how many academy players has he promoted to the first team?

      2. Lucy78,

        Yes he’s been using MLS and Nwaneri this season.

        But don’t get carried away with your remark regarding trust in youth and Academy players.

        Smith Row, Nelson, Nketia. Ring any bells.

        And we’ve lost three 4 promising youth players in recent times to let’s not forget.

        Although their names escape me just now, but I’m sure some of my fellow Arsenal fans out there, know who I’m referring to.😉👍

  2. Two observations from Martin’s scores and comments.
    Martinelli : Great to see him running into form again and I thought he was excellent 9/10
    Sterling : Sorry Martin, but we obviously saw a different player. He was into the game from the beginning and caused problems for their defence. Still not at his best, but I would have scored him at 7/10 with still more to come.

    Once again, it was good to see Tierney in the shirt and on the pitch and I do hope he stays till the end of the season.
    As for Kiwior and the thoughts that he couldn’t play in Saliba’s position, thus enforcing changes elsewhere, I thought he was composed and showed his worth as a CB.

    1. Agreed.

      Sterling might be struggling but I saw the better of him lately in this game. The man is trying ang giving it his best

    2. Well observed Ken, especially regarding the input of Kiwior who had an excellent game. Yes the score for Sterling was very harsh and I too believe he was worth closer to your score for him.

  3. Except for Rice’s goal in the first 90 seconds, the first half was flat and uneventful. The second half was a lot better.

    Great overall result and a good confidence boost for the entire team. In this context, Sterling’s ranking of 5 is rather harsh and unfair. He played with a lot more freedom and confidence today.

    This is the time to stand behind and support the entire team – Sterling included.

    COYG!!!

  4. Rice was my MOTM, ran tirelessly all game and Martinelli was also excellent. Kiwier is very comfortable as RCB and Arteta should have played him there against Villa. Timber was visibly tired and it is no surprise considering the minutes he is playing. King Kai seems to have found his scoring touch again and long may it continue. Odegaard seems to be getting back to his best and this bodes well for Arsenal. Sadly Sterling was disappointing and the hope is that he will still come good in the remaining part of the season. Clearly Nwaneri is our starting RW if saka is not playing, the lad is simply too good.

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