Arsenal Player Ratings: Xhaka, Giroud Impress As Gunners Clinch Narrow Win

Dec 27, 2016 at 12:15 AM

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Arsenal Player Ratings: Xhaka, Giroud Impress As Gunners Clinch Narrow Win

Arsenal have been in woeful form in the Premier League in their last two games as their campaign was close to being undone as they were nine points adrift of Chelsea going into the game against West Brom with poor form.

The Gunners have dominated the proceedings but have failed to manage a goal for almost the entire game before a wonderful cross from Mesut Ozil saw Giroud score a header to give three very important points for the London club.

Here we look at the player ratings for Arsenal against West Brom as they get a moral boosting win on the Boxing day.

Cech- 6

Hardly tested throughout the game but almost gave away the lead to West Brom when he failed to collect one of the balls properly.

Bellerin- 6

Was impressive going forward but has failed to find ways to break resilient West Brom defense.

Gabriel- 7

The best game of the Brazilian so far as he looked solid as it would be a great sign for the club to cope with the absence of Mustafi.

Koscielny- 6

Impressive as always but had to little to do to stop West Brom attack. Completely nullified the threat of Rondon in front the goal.

Gibbs- 6

Was good in linking up with the attack but was forced to come off after suffering a knee injury.

Coquelin- 6

Hardly put a foot wrong throughout the game but looked not essential at times as West Brom never threatened in the attack.

Xhaka- 7

Has once again showed the brighter side as he dictated the tempo the game with his brilliant passing.

Iwobi- 5

Bad day for the Nigerian as he failed to replicate his previous performances. Was eventually substituted to bring more pace to the attack in the closing minutes.

Sanchez- 7

Once again good in the final third as he constantly hit the target with powerful strikes but has failed to find the goal that Arsenal searched for most of the game.

Ozil- 6

Another forgettable game for the German as he hardly influenced the game before coming up with a wonder cross to help Arsenal clinch three points.

Giroud- 7

Looked poor for most of the game but has been positive until the final moments as he found the winner to continue his impressive form. Had put in a hard shift to make runs into West Brom defense.

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