Premier League: Arsenal vs Aston Villa player ratings as Gunners bag a dominant 3-1 win at home

Arsenal played a brilliant home game at the Emirates Stadium against Aston Villa. It was the Gunners who earned themselves a taste of victory with a 3-1 win and moved up to the 9th spot on the leaderboard.

Arsenal had double the attempts at goal than Aston Villa and they were rightly rewarded with their efforts. A brilliant header from Partey off a corner finally gets the lead to Arsenal. In the added time of first half, Aubameyang doubles the lead for the Gunners by lifting his shot over the keeper, off a rebound. It was not too late that Arsenal trippled their lead. Smith Rowe takes his shot from inside the box and a deflection earns his side the third goal.

As the match inched towards a clean sheet win for Arsenal, Ramsey joined in to ruin their party. He pulled one back in by curling a beautiful shot on the top right corner to make it 3-1.

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Let’s have a look at how the player’s performed :

Arsenal

Aaron Ramsdale (GK) (6.7/10) : A good game for Ramsdale. He made some good standard saves followed by a couple of high claims and some really good saves inside the box. He could’ve earned himself a clean sheet had it not been for Ramsey’s goal.

Takehiro Tomiyasu (6.5/10) : Takehiro did an exceptional job at making valuable clearences. Although, he did lose possession on way too many occasions. He had a shot at goal but he was way off target on attempt.

Ben White (7.1/10) : White had a really good game in the defence. He made some really good interceptions to keep the ball in favour of Arsenal. He then made some clearences and provided an iron clad performance in defence.

Gabriel (7.1/10) : Gabriel was really quick with his feet and was really accurate with passing. He made some good tackles and interceptions and contributed well in the defence for Arsenal.

Nuno Tavares (6.8/10) : Nuno Tavares was a valuable asset for Arsenal in the game. He created a big goal scoring opportunity for his team and he himself took several attempts at goal. However, he failed to convert it into a goal.

Bukayo Saka (6.9/10) : Saka was one of the most active players on field. He did put in too many efforts for ground duels but gave away possession on many occasions. He had as many as three attempts at goal off which he was on target on one. However, he was denied the opportunity by the keeper.

Albert Sambi Lokonga (6.8/10) : Lokonga was called back in the 73rd minute of the game. He himself took one too many attempts at goal and never locked back. He had a decent game overall.

Thomas Partey (7.2/10) : Partey scored the opening goal of the match. He received an incoming corner to which he responded neatly by flicking the header in the back of the net. With that, the Gunners finally lead 1-0.

Emile Smith Rowe (8.8/10) : Emile Smith was undoubtedly the best player for the home side. He first assisted Partey to score the opening goal of the match and later scored a beautiful goal for Arsenal. He took a deflection off a Villa player which earned him his first of the match and the Gunners got their third.

Alexandre Lacazette (7/10) : Lacazette walked back with an unfortunate injury. However, before walking back in he had a decent game overall.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (7/10) : The captain missed a very crucial penalty for Arsenal but made up for it a couple of minutes later and doubled the lead for Arsenal. He had a total of three attempts at goal but couldn’t convert all of them.

Substitutes

Gabriel Martinelli (N/A)

Ainsley Maitland-Niles (N/A)

Martin Ødegaard (6.5/10) : In his short stint out in the middle, Ødegaard had a shy at goal. Despite being on target, he failed to convert.

Aston Villa

Emiliano Martínez (GK) (7.7/10) : Despite giving away three goals in the match, Martínez did a brilliant job with the gloves. He made as many as six standard saves and three inside the box saves. He kept his cool and saved a brilliant penalty against Aubameyang.

Ezri Konsa (6.5/10) : Konsa was exceptionally well with Aerial duels and also tackles and interceptions. However whenever the opportunity came to send a long ball in, he failed successively.

Axel Tuanzebe (6.5/10) : Just managed to get himself the first half to play in. He did a decent job at defending but he got substituted in barely any time.

Tyrone Mings (6.4/10) : The captain did a fine job on the right when it came to defending. He ran in and made some really good clearences and defended his field well. However, whenever he got the chance to send the long ball in, he failed on multiple occasions.

Matty Cash (6.9/10) : Cash created one of the biggest goal scoring chances for Aston Villa in the game. He did really well with his share of ground duels but he lost possession on one too many occasions.

John McGinn (6.5/10) : John didn’t hesitate in taking on the big players. He kept on keeping the ball moving and he did win quite a few ground duels. However, handling the ball seemed like a tough job for him as he gave away possession on a lot of occasions.

Douglas Luiz (7.6/10) : One of the best player’s for Aston Villa in today’s game. He made as many as five super valuable interceptions that helped them keep the game in control. He was super quick with his feet as he won way too many ground duels and his dribbling attempts were successful at each go.

Matt Targett (6.9/10) : An overall decent performance in the defence and in the midfield. He won quite a few duels and kept the ball away from the goal.

Danny Ings (6.6/10) : Just another average game for Danny Ings. He did a decent job statistically but he had no motivation to create huge goal scoring opportunities. Even if he did try, he didn’t know how to coordinate with the rest.

Emi Buendía (6.6/10) : He had a good opportunity at goal and despite being on target he couldn’t convert. He missed out on the biggest chance they’d at goal. Apart from that mishap, he did a great job at defending the ball.

Ollie Watkins (6.4/10) : Despite of multiple attempts at goal, Ollie couldn’t score a goal for his team. He did a decent job at Aerial and ground duels but he failed with controlling the ball. That lost them a lot of possession.

Substitutes

Leon Bailey (6.9/10) : Bailey had a really good half which he earned after Axel Tuanzebe was substituted. He has done a good job with duels and passing as well.

Anwar El Ghazi (N/A)

Jacob Ramsey (7.6/10) : Jacob turned out to be the super substitute for his team. He pulled back the one and only goal of the game for his side in the 82nd minute of the match.