da prosport bet： The English winger will hope to have convinced Mikel Arteta to give him more playing time after a bright display in Eindhoven
da dobrowin： Eddie Nketiah's first-half goal ensured Arsenal escaped their final Champions League group-stage game with a 1-1 draw against PSV on Tuesday. With qualification as group winners already secured, Mikel Arteta made eight changes to the starting XI that lost 1-0 to Aston Villa on Saturday, and his team were rather disjointed at times and second best throughout the clash in Eindhoven.
Jakub Kiwior was an obvious weak point that left them in danger of going behind, while Leandro Trossard, unable to produce anything of note, was behind the pace of the game all the way through. There were even some dodgy moments for ever-reliable William Saliba and his centre-back partner Gabriel Magalhaes.
After a couple of close calls for the home side, it was the Gunners who took the lead when the promising combination of Reiss Nelson and Cedric Soares on the right side finally produced a decisive moment, sending the ball into the box where Nketiah's movement, touch and finish produced a fine goal.
PSV had looked bright for the most part and managed to find the equaliser just five minutes into the second half, with Ricardo Pepi finding Yorbe Vertessen, who capitalised on Saliba's sloppiness to find the net. The runaway Eredivisie leaders pushed for the winner, but will be happy with a point and a much more assured performance against the team that totally outclassed them in north London at the start of the campaign.
GOAL rates Arsenal's players from Philips Stadion…
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Aaron Ramsdale (7/10):
Pulled off a couple of saves on his return to the starting XI and couldn't do much about the goal.
Cedric Soarez (7/10):
Looked bright on his first Arsenal start in over a year with some good interceptions and passes.
William Saliba (6/10):
Strong positioning and timing was key to blocking some promising PSV attacks, but he was awful on the equaliser.
Gabriel Magalhaes (7/10):
Pulled off a great block to deny Pepi early on and made a few strong clearances.
Jakub Kiwior (4/10):
Immediately exposed as the defensive vulnerability due to his bad positioning and lack of pace, giving PSV far too much space to attack.
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Mohamed Elneny (6/10):
Fine on the ball as he kept it in circulation with neat passes.
Jorginho (7/10):
Important defensively when PSV tried to work it through the middle, alert and sensible in his passing too.
Kai Havertz (7/10):
Plenty of movement to find the space between PSV's defence and midfield, and pressed well off the ball.
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Reiss Nelson (8/10):
Did a great job! Always looked good on the ball, won it back in PSV's half and combined well with Cedric before sending in the assist for Nketiah.
Eddie Nketiah (7/10):
Had a hard time finding the space to threaten until his fine touch and lovely finish opened the scoring.
Leandro Trossard (4/10):
Saw a decent amount of the ball but was a bit slow on and off it and unable to create anything until a late effort on goal that was saved.
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Declan Rice (6/10):
Slotted into the defence and looked okay, brought some stability on the ball.
Ben White (7/10):
An option out wide after replacing Cedric and gave nothing away as he made an important interception and a block.
Martin Odegaard (5/10):
Played just under 30 minutes but did not make any impact.
Gabriel Jesus (N/A):
Only brought on to see out stoppage-time.
Emile Smith Rowe (N/A):
Came on at the same time as Jesus.
Mikel Arteta (5/10):
Made a lot of changes and some questionable decisions given there was nothing at stake for his team. While Arsenal were second-best overall, they had a few bright moments and Nelson's performance in particular will give him some confidence in the winger.