Thursday, December 26, 2024

Player ratings: Manchester City 1-0 Arsenal

The Gunners were knocked out of the FA Cup on Friday night after losing a tight game against title chasing rivals Manchester City.

Nathan Ake scored the only goal of the game, whereas Arsenal couldn’t take their chances in the game.

Mikel Arteta made several changes for the game whereas Manchester City were very much full strength, other than one change in goal.

Use our player rater tool below to have your say on how the players performed, and see the average of all the other fans. Scroll down to see how we rated the players and who we chose as the man of the match and flop of the match.

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Here’s how I rated the players:
Matt Turner – 8
Takehiro Tomiyasu – 7
Rob Holding – 5
Gabriel Magalhaes – 7
Kieran Tierney – 5
Thomas Partey – 6
Granit Xhaka – 6
Fabio Vieira – 5
Bukayo Saka – 6
Eddie Nketiah – 5
Leandro Trossard – 7

Man of the match: Matt Turner. Arsenal’s second choice keeper didn’t have a lot to do in terms of saves, but for the most part he looked good in possession after an early wobble and he was very confident coming for crosses and playing on the front foot. 

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