Arsenal Fc vs Chelsea Fc Player Ratings

 

England - Premier League

 

Arsenal Fc

0 vs 0

Chelsea Fc

Played
December 23, 2013 9:00 PM WAT
Emirates Stadium — London
Referee:‬ M. Dean‎
Attendance:‬ 60039‎

 

Player Ratings: Arsenal 0-0 Chelsea

By Greg Stobart at Emirates Stadium

36

Comments

Arsenal Fc

2.36

27

31

• 
  1

  5

  Wojciech Szczesny

  Some solid handling on the rare occasions he was needed.
• 
  3

  0

  Bacary Sagna

  Decent defensive display and bombed up and down the right touchline, producing one particularly dangerous cross in the first-half. Late header cleared off the line.
• 
  1

  0

  Per Mertesacker

  The German was commanding at the back and made some crucial interceptions to stop Torres.
• 
  1

  1

  Thomas Vermaelen

  A couple of shaky moments, including one misplaced backpass, but generally solid up against Torres.
• 
  4

  1

  Kieran Gibbs

  Strong defensively but could have offered more of an attacking option to stretch Chelsea.
• 
  0

  2

  Tomas Rosicky

  Some tidy passing and picked the ball up in dangerous areas without ever unlocking the Chelsea defence.
• 
  0

  2

  Mikel Arteta

  Some tidy passing at the base of Arsenal's midfield but was quickly put under pressure and unable to quickly start attacking moves.
• 
  0

  3

  Mesut Özil

  The £40m man drifted in and out of the game. Some nice touches without ever really threatening Chelsea. Clashed with Ivanovic in the second-half.
• 
  0

  3

  Aaron Ramsey

  Very poor game by the Welshman's high standards this season. Sloppy passing and no real sights on goal.
• 
  1

  1

  Olivier Giroud

  The focal point of the Arsenal attack but missed a couple of excellent chance in the second-half after getting away from Chelsea defenders. General movement not sharp enough.
• 
  2

  2

  Theo Walcott

  Played on the right but barely got an opportunity to use his electric pace. Well handled by Apzilicueta and looked a little off the pace.

Substitutions

Chelsea Fc

2.38

40

28

• 
  0

  2

  Petr Cech

  Very little to do but communicated well with the back four.
• 
  2

  1

  Branislav Ivanovic

  Involved in some needless handbags with Ozil in the second-half but on the whole very strong performance from the right-back.
• 
  0

  0

  Gary Cahill

  Good reading of the game and won some important headers.
• 
  0

  1

  John Terry

  The Chelsea captain led by example at the back with some crucial interceptions and strong headers.
• 
  1

  4

  César Azpilicueta

  The Spaniard enjoyed his battle with Walcott. Got stuck in to challenges and denied the England winger space in behind.
• 
  0

  2

  Ramires

  A busy, box-to-box diplay from the Brazilian midfielder. One header over the bar in the first-half but drove the team forward after the break.
• 
  1

  3

  Frank Lampard

  Relatively quiet performance but typically impressive timing to join attacks. Came closest to breaking the deadlock with a first-half volley that smashed against the crossbar.
• 
  2

  3

  John Obi Mikel

  The Nigerian should have been sent-off for a bad studs-up challenge on Arteta in the first-half. On the whole, however, he was a very effective screen for the back four.
• 
  0

  0

  Eden Hazard

  Some very classy moments from the Belgian on the counter-attack, especially a wonderful scooped pass for Lampard in the first-half.
• 
  1

  2

  Willian

  Probably lucky not to give away a penalty with a clumsy tackle in the first-half. Also shot weakly straight at Szczesny before being replaced by Oscar in the 77th minute.
• 
  3

  2

  Fernando Torres

  Fairly lively leading the line without really troubling the Arsenal defence. Couldn't get away from Mertesacker and Co before being replaced by Luiz late on.

Substitutions

• 
  1

  0

  David Luiz

  Late replacement for Torres.
• 
  0

  3

  Oscar

  Some decent touches after coming on for Willian 13 minutes from time.
• 
  1

  0

  Andre Schürrle

  Came on for Hazard in the 73rd minute but made no real impact. ---------------- goal.com