Arsenal vs Manchester United Player Ratings – A Boring Draw At Emirates

Arsenal and Manchester United were involved in a boring 0-0 as both the teams played safe to share the spoils.

Arsenal vs Manchester United Player Ratings

Arsenal

Wojciech Szczesny Not much to do in the game but what a save from RVP’s header in the second half. 7.5/10

Bacary Sagna Defensively strong. Decent game. 6.5/1o

Per Mertesacker Leadered the defense well and dominated the arial battles. 7/10

Laurent Koscielny Man marked RVP and managed to keep him quiet in most of the occasions. 6.5/10

Kieran Gibbs Injected pace and urgency to this Arsenal side. Overall a decent performance 6.5/10

Mikel Arteta made a horrible error which almost gave United the lead. But improved as the game went on. 6.5/10

Jack Wilshere showed flashes of brilliance but out muscled and lost possession in dangerous areas more than once. 5/10

Tomas Rosicky Made some good runs but his end product was not up to the mark. 5.5/10

Mesut Özil Played and linked well with other players but again no end product. 6/10

Santi Cazorla Only player who looked like scoring. He came close with a low drive in second half which was saved by De Gea 6.5/10

Olivier Giroud Did his usual hold-up play but literally offered zero goal threat. 5/10

Substitutes

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 6/10

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Manchester United

David De Gea Made couple of good saves. Decent game. 6.5/10

Rafael Made some good overlapping runs but substituted in the half time after a horrible head collision. 6/10

Chris Smalling Surprisingly, he had a good game. Adapted well in right-back position too. 7.5/10

Nemanja Vidic Good game overall. He was very strong in the air. 7/10

Patrice Evra Had a great battle with Sagna through-out the game. Decent game. 6/10

Michael Carrick Distributed passes well and kept United ticking in the middle. 7/10

Tom Cleverley Safe game without trying any adventurous things. 6/10

Juan Mata Poor game by his standards. Rarely involved in the game and was substituted in the second half. 5/10

Antonio Valencia Used his pace to great effect but his end product was very average. 5.5/10

Robin van Persie Got into some great positions but missed an easy one-0n-one earlier in the game. He came very close with a header which was saved by Arsenal goal keeper. 6/10

Wayne Rooney Tracked backed a lot and played like a central midfielder. Rarely, he took any shots on goal. 6/10

Substitutes

Rio Ferdinand A solid display from the veteran defender who came on as a replacement for injured Rafael.

Adnan Januzaj 6/10

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