Thursday, October 10, 2024

Player Ratings: Nottingham Forest 1-0 Arsenal

An extremely young Arsenal side travelled to Nottingham Forest on Sunday evening, with the prospect of hosting FA Cup holders Leicester City in the fourth round for the winners.

Arsenal have a very young squad, but this one was even younger, with the experience midfield duo of Granit Xhaka and Thomas Partey both unavailable, young Lokonga and teenage debutant Charlie Patino lined up in the heart of midfield.

That inexperience saw Arsenal start slowly under the pressure of the very vocal home fans. The game was fairly even throughout, but Nottingham Forest wanted it more and were rewarded with a late winner. Arsenal are out of the FA Cup at the first hurdle.

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 at the man of the match and flop of the match.

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Here’s how I rated the players:
Bernd Leno – 6
Cedric Soares – 3
Ben White – 6
Rob Holding – 3
Nuno Tavares – 2 (hooked after 30 mins)
Kieran Tierney – 6 (on for Tavares after 30 mins)
Albert Sambi Lokonga – 4
Charlie Patino – 4
Gabriel Martinelli – 5
Martin Odegaard – 6
Bukayo Saka – 5
Eddie Nketiah – 4

Man of the match: Nobody. This was so poor, nobody deserves that accolade today.

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