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Arsenal Player Ratings: Southampton (A)

Mizgan MasaniMizgan Masani· Updated
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Arsenal Player Ratings: Southampton (A)

Arsenal returned to winning ways after getting a vital 2-0 win away at Southampton. Eddie Nketiah and Joe Willock scored the goals for the Gunners, who were largely comfortable in the game and deserved the three points.

Manager Mikel Arteta made a slight tweak to his system, by playing three at the back, with Kieran Tierney tucking in alongside Shkodran Mustafi and Rob Holding. That worked well as they held a dangerous Southampton team to very few chances.

At the other end, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang hit the crossbar, before na Alex McCarthy howler allowed Nketiah to opened the scoring in the 20th minute.

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Around the 85th minute, Jack Stephens was sent off after making lunging tackle on Aubameyang, who would have been through on goal.

The subsequent free-kick from Alexandre Lacazette was blocked twice before Willock poached in from close range.

All in all, a satisfactory result for Arsenal after a wobbly restart to their season. Here’s how we rated their players:

matchday.

#TeamPGDPts
1
ArsenalARS
38+4485
2
Manchester CityMCI
38+4278
3
Manchester UnitedMUN
38+1971
4
Aston VillaAVL
38+765
5
LiverpoolLIV
38+1060
6
AFC BournemouthBOU
38+457
7
SunderlandSUN
38-654
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