These are Fresh Football’s ratings for Arsenal’s away clash versus Bournemouth in the Premier League.
Bournemouth
Artur Boruc - 5.5
Rarely brought directly into action by Arsenal, the ex-Celtic stopper had little chance in stopping the efforts that did hit the target.
Simon Francis - 6.5
A solid performance that was later blemished by a red card for a late tackle on Aaron Ramsey.
Steve Cook - 6.5
Reliable for the most part, but his performance faltered as Lucas and Alexis Sanchez joined Giroud centrally.
Charlie Daniels - 8
An excellent first half, and game in general, coupled with a goal that could’ve sent Bournemouth on their way to a historic victory in the Premier League era.
Junior Stanislas - 7
Worked the channels well and threatened Čech’s goal on a few occasions. A real handful.
Dan Gosling - 7
Another lung-bursting performance from the box-to-box midfielder, although Gosling is sure to look back on his left footed effort in the latter stages of the game that could’ve regained Bournemouth’s lead.
Harry Arter - 7
The industrious midfielder didn’t disappoint, with his pressing proving priceless in rocking Arsenal to their core in the first half.
Ryan Fraser - 9
Direct and explosive, Fraser dug Bournemouth out from Arsenal’s spells of possession on the counter en route to scoring the Cherries’ third of the night. A constant threat out on the left flank that proved to be a huge bonus to the Gunners’ once he limped off.
Joshua King - 6
Plenty of industry provided from the man partnering Callum Wilson in attack, supporting counter-attacks and back-tracking at every given opportunity to help out his team.
Callum Wilson - 6.5
Claimed good ground in behind Arsenal’s defence with regularity. Overall, it was a good performance, more noteworthy for his work rate than anything else.
Subs:
Andrew Surman - 5.5
Came on to regain some control in the second half, which worked initially prior to Bournemouth amplifying the score line to 3-0, but the deep-lying midfielder and his team were caught retreated in their own half for far too long after Fraser’s goal.
Adam Smith - N/A
Brad Smith - N/A
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Arsenal
Petr Čech - 4.5
Question marks have begun rounding the veteran goalkeeper in recent weeks, and the former Chelsea man was again partially culpable in a game that saw Fraser score with a cheeky finish through his legs at the near-post.
Héctor Bellerín - 4
Among his worst performances in an Arsenal shirt, as all three of Bournemouth’s goals originated from Bellerín’s right flank.
Shkodran Mustafi - 4.5
There was a real lack of synergy in the backline awaiting Mustafi in his return to the first team. Often naïve in possession and made to look silly by the in-form Fraser, the German can at least polish up his invincibility record following Olivier Giroud’s late equaliser.
Laurent Koscielny - 4.5
Left chasing shadows for the best part of the game, with it being unclear whether his early substitution was related to any knock picked up in battle.
Nacho Monreal - 4.5
The 30-year-old has made steady progress on his form in recent weeks, but the likes of Stanislas looked adamant to bring Monreal back to square one, with varied success.
Francis Coquelin - 3.5
Struggled to impose himself early on versus Bournemouth’s pressing game and an injury midway through the first half robbed him the time to rectify that order.
Granit Xhaka - 5.5
His general play was decent, and Xhaka can even claim the assist from Giroud’s equaliser, but the penalty given away in the 20th minute does little to clear up his erratic image, meanwhile proving to be costly to his team.
Aaron Ramsey - 5
Fashioned a few half-chances for himself going forwards, but, clearly, he’s no Mesut Özil.
Alex Iwobi - 4
Nothing in this one from Iwobi, who might well be feeling the effects of two games in three days. Offered the rare hope for an Arsenal goal in the first half, but struck the ball wide.
Alexis Sanchez - 6
A very fiery version of Alexis Sanchez was on show again, as the Chilean dug deep to follow-up Giroud’s flick-on and kick-start Arsenal’s comeback in the 70th minute.
Olivier Giroud - 6.5
Even underperforming, Giroud came up big when it mattered most, assisting Sanchez for Arsenal’s first of the night and grabbing the headlines for himself with a late equaliser. Yet another clutch moment for the Frenchman this season.
Subs:
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain - 6
Not so inspirational going forwards, but Oxlade-Chamberlain did come up with a crucial 11th hour intervention on Fraser, as the Scot eyed up his second of the night one-on-one with Čech.
Lucas Perez - 6
Noteworthy in most build-ups late on and the proud owner of the goal of the night, driving in a left-footed volley from an acute angle.
Gabriel Paulista - 5.5
Steadied the ship a little at the back, though a deeper block from the home side made sweeping up possession a lot easier the Brazilian, but Gabriel was on hand to support the Gunners’ aerial threat that eventually earned them two goals.
