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Mannone- This scoreline could have read so differently if not for him. Made a couple of good saves, in particular low to his right late in the second half. It was also evident he was delegating marking duties on corners. (7)
Sagna- Seems like he's back with the level of fitness he showed. Impeccable 1v1 again, did well to get a **** booked, and delivered numerous searching crosses into the box, which actually highlighted our well noted lack of presence in the box. It was just his link up play that was a bit stagnant, but thats mostly due to United closing a lot of angles and our midfielders searching for options out wide, which Podolski and to a lesser extent Ramsey were not really offering. (6)
Mertesacker- I thought he stuck to his task really well, some of his clearences were iffy but at least he was snuffing out danger consistently. (7)
Vermaelen- ****. Terrible captain as well. Did give us impetus coming from deep though. (3)
Santos- ****. Some good overlapping runs but just doesn't link up well nor release the ball early. Comes infield without much purpose and gives us a lack of options. Again, he was only useful when he made overlapping runs. (3)
Arteta- Off the pace, just didn't really work out for him. Couldn't dictate the game on either front. (4)
Cazorla- Picked up the ball in interesting places, and generally tried to make things happen but couldn't dig us out this time (6)
Wilshere- I really liked what he gave us in midfield and looked like the only one that could win us a free kick or provide a good final ball. I'm a bit worried I haven't yet seen that bit of acceleration he use to display before his injury problems. (6)
Podolski- Did nothing to cover for Santos, didn't know how to link up with anyone from midfield, picked awkward positions and trampled in Girioud's territory (3)
Girioud- Good hold up play, could have scored as well but isolated and unable to inspire (5)
Ramsey- Once again, showed a bit of guts and endeavor. Too bad he's **** (3)
Sagna- Seems like he's back with the level of fitness he showed. Impeccable 1v1 again, did well to get a **** booked, and delivered numerous searching crosses into the box, which actually highlighted our well noted lack of presence in the box. It was just his link up play that was a bit stagnant, but thats mostly due to United closing a lot of angles and our midfielders searching for options out wide, which Podolski and to a lesser extent Ramsey were not really offering. (6)
Mertesacker- I thought he stuck to his task really well, some of his clearences were iffy but at least he was snuffing out danger consistently. (7)
Vermaelen- ****. Terrible captain as well. Did give us impetus coming from deep though. (3)
Santos- ****. Some good overlapping runs but just doesn't link up well nor release the ball early. Comes infield without much purpose and gives us a lack of options. Again, he was only useful when he made overlapping runs. (3)
Arteta- Off the pace, just didn't really work out for him. Couldn't dictate the game on either front. (4)
Cazorla- Picked up the ball in interesting places, and generally tried to make things happen but couldn't dig us out this time (6)
Wilshere- I really liked what he gave us in midfield and looked like the only one that could win us a free kick or provide a good final ball. I'm a bit worried I haven't yet seen that bit of acceleration he use to display before his injury problems. (6)
Podolski- Did nothing to cover for Santos, didn't know how to link up with anyone from midfield, picked awkward positions and trampled in Girioud's territory (3)
Girioud- Good hold up play, could have scored as well but isolated and unable to inspire (5)
Ramsey- Once again, showed a bit of guts and endeavor. Too bad he's **** (3)