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Ratings: How The Arsenal Players Rated During 2-1 Win Over Palace

By on February 21, 2015

Arsenal secured a hard fought 2-1 victory over Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park this afternoon to move up to third in the Premier League table.

Here are my ratings:

Ospina 6.5 – Smart save to deny Bolasie late on and made a couple of other routine stops, but lucky to get away with a moment of madness when he came flying out to head clear from outside his box when Mertesacker had it covered.

Chambers 6.5 – A decent outing from the youngster but his lack of pace was a problem against Gayle at times.

Mertesacker 7.5 – Another good game from Per. His height and experience was important in dealing with the long balls late on.

Koscielny 7 – Like his defensive partner, Kos dealt well with the Palace pressure – although he may have done better for their goal.

Monreal 6 – Struggled against Zaha in the first half but improved after the break.

Coquelin 7 – A little fortunate not to be sent off but his energy and desire to break up play was important today.

Cazorla 7 – Tucked away the penalty and although this wasn’t really a game for silky skills due to a terrible pitch, Santi still produced a few moments of magic.

Welbeck 7.5 – Great work to win the early penalty and clever run and snap-shot led to the second goal. Important contributions from Welbz.

Ozil 7.5 – Lovely inter-change with Giroud in build up to the second goal. Superb play on the break set up Sanchez who almost made it 3-0.

Alexis 7 – Nice ball to release Welbeck in build up for second goal. Should have scored early in the second half to make it 3-0 but sent the ball just wide.

Giroud 7 – Continued his recent form with a poachers goal. Put himself about up front but his touch let him down a few times.

Subs:

Rosicky 6 – Could have done better for their goal.

Gibbs 5 – Wasn’t involved too much during his 15 minutes.

Gabriel N/A – Only on for a couple of minutes.

This was a vital victory as we took full advantage of Man Utd losing and at least one of Southampton and Liverpool will also drop points tomorrow. It was a lucky win as we didn’t play well but who cares. Three points, up to third and we should go into the Monaco game with confidence.

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