Arsenal ratings: Granit Xhaka loses his head AGAIN in Man City thrashing as Bernd Leno stops score being much worse

ARSENAL were humiliated 5-0 at Manchester City on Saturday.

Granit Xhaka was shown a straight red in the first-half and was the villain of the piece again, but Bernd Leno was a solitary bright spark as he limited the damage.

Granit Xhaka let his team down by getting needlessly sent off at Man CityCredit: Getty

Although he conceded five, it could have been much worse for Arsenal if it wasn’t for Bernd LenoCredit: Reuters

The home side romped to victory against a spineless Gunners teamCredit: Reuters

Ilkay Gundogan, Ferran Torres (2), Gabriel Jesus and Rodri got City’s goals.

And here’s what SunSport’s Martin Blackburn thought of the Gunners’ individual performances.

BERND LENO – 6

Might have done better with Gundogan’s header but not much chance with the rest. Kept the scoreline down with three decent second-half saves.

CEDRIC SOARES – 4

Inexplicably missed a pass from Bernardo to allow Torres to tap in the second goal. Nut-megged by Cancelo too. Nightmare.

CALUM CHAMBERS – 4

Out-jumped by Gundogan for the first and went down too easily under Laporte’s challenge for number two.

Xhaka went in two-footed with the ball in a relatively safe positionCredit: BT Sport

The Swiss was shown a straight red for the brainless lungeCredit: Reuters

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ROB HOLDING – 5

Couldn’t get a handle on City’s fluid system. Lost Torres several times and made the young Spaniard look like Harry Kane.

SEAD KOLASINAC – 5

City unveiled two giant statues to Vincent Kompany and David Silva before the game. They moved more than certain members of the Gunners defence.

KIERAN TIERNEY – 5

Gave Jesus too much space for the first. Felt he could have had a penalty after a foul by Kyle Walker but a tough afternoon.

MARTIN ODEGAARD – 5

Some nice touches in a positive first few minutes but found himself over-run after the Gunners went down to 10-men.

EMILE SMITH-ROWE – 6

Almost caught out Ederson as he closed down the City keeper – a goal then could have made it interesting.

GRANIT XHAKA – 3

What was he thinking? A wild challenge on Joao Cancelo ended his day on 35 minutes when Mikel Arteta needed his senior men to stand up.

BUKAYO SAKA – 5

Pre-match injury doubt. Fluffed an early chance when the game was goalless and did not reappear after the break.

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PIERRE-EMERICK AUBAMEYANG – 5

Hat-trick hero in midweek did not get much change out of City’s defence and was subbed before the hour.

Subs

Elneny, 5, Maitland-Niles 5, Lacazette 5.

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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk