Almunia - 5 - Didn’t have that much to do. Can’t be blamed for either goal really. An average performance.
Gallas - 6 - Huge desire to win shown towards the end in a controversial manner. Other than that, a quiet game.
Senderos – 7 - Solid. Handled McFadden pretty well.
Clichy – 5 - Stupid mistake at the end, got the ball in my opinion but should never have got into that situation. Crossing was poor throughout the match.
Sagna – 7 - Supported Walcott reasonably well, crossing was slightly better than Clichy but that isn’t saying much….
Flamini – 6.5 - Fights for everything, but did not show too much quality yesterday.
Fabregas – 7 - This game and the Milan game show promise of Fabregas coming into a bit of form. Should have scored.
Hleb - 6.5 - Great trickery and creativity in the second half, but really needs to shoot more.
Walcott - 7.5 - Great to see him score even if it was overshadowed by other events. Second goal was taken brilliantly, and hopefully this will take a lot of pressure off him.
Adebayor – 5 - Why didn’t he score?! If he had taken just one of the chances he got we would have been home and dry. Unfortunately, he didn’t do that.
Eduardo - N/A - So, so disappointing. Eduardo has really looked part of the first team since the Christmas period, and now he is out for no one even knows how long. Hopefully he’ll recover well and won’t have been affected too much, although that is a big ask.
Substitutes:
Bendtner - 5.5 - Struggled a bit, but overall wasn’t too bad. If only Adebayor had seen him running through on goal….
Denilson – N/A
Gilberto – N/A
