[Ratings] 3-2 Arsenal struggle to see off brave Brighton

Theo Walcott struck a late winner as Arsenal edged out Brighton & Hove Albion 3-2 in an exciting FA Cup tie at the Amex Stadium.

Olivier Giroud broke the deadlock for the Gunners with a fabulous finish in the 16th minute, only for Ashley Barnes to draw Brighton level before half-time.

Another fine strike by Giroud was cancelled out by Jose Ulloa as Brighton again hit back to make it 2-2, but Walcott’s deflected strike five minutes from time took the Gunners through to the fifth round.

Arsenal Ratings
Szczesny (6) Made a great early save mins before we took the lead. But was at fault for the 1st goal.
Mertesacker (6.5) Looked in control at the back but was day dreaming for the 2nd goal.
Koscielny (6) Pace gets him out of trouble but he is prone to the odd mistake.
Santos (3)Very poor yet again by the Brazilian Andy Reid. Everything he did today was pathetic. £6m flop!
Jenkinson (7)Played well and looked the part.
Diaby (6) dwelling on the ball at times but good to see him play the full 90mins.
Rosicky (5) Not match fit
Oxlade-Chamberlain (5)Looks to have put on 2 stone. Not getting enough playing time and looks off the pace.
Ramsey (6)Did the job but wasteful with his passing
Podolski (7)Played well again and also played the full 90mins
Giroud (9) Our best player by a mile. 2 great goals and starting to look the part.
Substitutes
Walcott (7.5) Great pace and made us look more dangerous on the break. Scored the winner via a deflection
Wilshere (7) Came on and controlled the middle of the park
Gibbs (6.5) Anything is better then Santos

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By admin · January 26, 2013 · 11 comments

Comments

Steve says:

January 26, 2013 at 5:30 pm

I don’t think Mertesacker (6.5) & Jenkinson (7) deserve given ratings. Professor AW knows! Hahahahaha
Amaka says:

January 26, 2013 at 5:31 pm

Nice game for our team. I think Jekinson should be starting ahead of Sagna. Well done boys especially Giroud and Walcolt. FORWARD EVER, BACKWARD NEVER FOR THE GUNNERS
eduardo says:

January 26, 2013 at 5:32 pm

mertesacker was far more at fault for brithton’s first goal than szczesny, mert never made any effort to go for the ball and let two attackers run by him, it was his zone, and he could not be arsed to go for the ball,
usmanovnose says:

January 26, 2013 at 5:33 pm

sweet and sour…. sweet we won! good movement, giroud, theo, lukas & per, great goals, lots of corners, good holding of the ball…. sour santos, zonal is crap, corners both ends utter crap, our defense
sensini says:

January 26, 2013 at 5:33 pm

i think jenkis could have 5.5 as he was trying to do much and loose the ball putting sometime his teamates in danger and has been domonated by lua lua…
yamansky says:

January 26, 2013 at 5:51 pm

9ice 1 frm giroud luk more dengarous than b4…….
Ola says:

January 26, 2013 at 6:24 pm

Good rating,bt believe me,walcot is a selfish guy,he should ve play d ball back to giroud instead of shooting himself,nd datz hw he did against westham
Itile says:

January 26, 2013 at 6:25 pm

Santos should never come near our games again, he is a disaster to football. Unlike Brazil.
melberg says:

January 26, 2013 at 6:35 pm

gueess ramsey had a nice game afta giroud motm nice game fellas but dt defence is smhw tody maybe dey are day dreaming sha
Nasir says:

January 26, 2013 at 6:37 pm

Santos needs a kick. . . He must be thrown out of the epl.
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