So, Arsenal’s long unbeaten run finally limps to the end against a relegation-threatened Southampton, and the performance was even worse than our awful win against Huddersfield last week. Yes we had a makeshift defence but surely these highly-paid players can adapt to any position if needed?
Anyway, here are my ratings on a very unimpressive performance….
Leno: 4
Hardly looked like trying to stop the first two goals, and was the third one down to him?
Bellerin: 5
A real shame that he got injured. As if we could do with losing any more defenders!
Lichtsteiner. 4
Obviously not comfortable in the middle, and didn’t look half as keen as usual.
Koscielny. 3
You have to feel sorry for him being rushed into action with such pressure. Awful performance but is unlikely to play in big games for a while once everyone else is back.
Xhaka. 4
Definitely not a centre-back, and why did we have 5 at the back anyway?
Monreal. 4
Another one just returned from injury and rushed back. The whole defence was shambolic
Guendouzi. 4
Lots of energy but not his usual flair.
Torreira 6
Our Man Of the Match, as is usual these days, but he can’t do everything on his own.
Iwobi. 3
He has lost the confidence he had at the beginning of the season. Another very poor performance.
Mhkitaryan. 5
Somehow scored twice but had many more wild and wasted opportunities.
Aubameyang. 4
Didn’t have much service in first half. Improved a little in the second but it was just not happening for him.
SUBS
Maitland-Niles. 5
Needs more game time to get backup to speed.
Ozil. 5
Another one returning from injury.. blah..blah..
Lacazette. 5
Tried hard. Should have started the game.