Monday, December 23, 2024

Player ratings: RC Lens 1-1 Arsenal

Arsenal fell to their first defeat of the season, despite taking the lead in France on Tuesday night.

The Gunners were below par all night but RC Lens were clinical in the box, scoring two goals from just 0.6 expected goals. Arsenal, who created more than double that, could only score once, through Gabriel Jesus.

Arsenal now travel to Sevilla in the next matchday is what is a must not lose for both teams, with Sevilla on just two points and Arsenal on three, with Lens leading the group on four.

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.

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Here’s how I rated the players:

David Raya – 4

Takehiro Tomiyasu – 4

William Saliba – 6

Gabriel Magalhaes – 4

Oleksandr Zinchenko – 4

Declan Rice – 7

Martin Odegaard – 6

Kai Havertz – 5

Bukayo Saka – 6

Leandro Trossard – 4

Gabriel Jesus – 7

Men of the match: Declan Rice. Tried to reignite Arsenal after they fell behind. Was statistically top of the charts. Sadly not many of the rest of the Arsenal team were at that level and intensity on the night. 

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