Arsenal vs. Chelsea Player Ratings: Gabriel Martinelli and Mikel Merino lead the way
Here are the player ratings from a sloppy London derby devoid of creativity with very few examples of individual quality between both Arsenal and Chelsea. Arsenal emerged the winners 1-0 behind a brilliant header from a corner by makeshift No. 9 Mikel Merino.
Arsenal Player Ratings
GK David Raya, 5.0
Didn't deserve his clean sheet, as he nearly made one of the blunders of the season by dropping the ball blatantly from a rather tame Marc Cucurella volley. Thankfully for him and Arsenal, the ball barely skidded by the post.
LB Myles Lewis-Skelly, 6.0
He wasn't ever tested by Pedro Neto, Jadon Sancho, and Wesley Fofana on that right side of the Chelsea flank.
CB Gabriel Magalhaes, 6.5
Also very much untested by the Chelsea attack, but when he was called upon to clean up danger, he did ...