Arsenal player ratings: Lewis-Skelly thrives on biggest stage but Saliba’s biggest flaw brutally exposed in win

ARSENAL kept their slim Premier League rubric hopes live with a battering of floundering champions Manchester City.

The Gunners welcomed Pep Guardiola's troops to the Emirates connected Sunday afternoon, which they started 9 points down league leaders Liverpool.

But they reduced the spread betwixt themselves and the Merseysiders to six points acknowledgment to a 5-1 triumph implicit the visitors.

Goals from Martin Odegaard, Thomas Partey, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Kai Havertz and Ethan Nwaneri did the business connected a acold nighttime successful northbound London.

SunSport was unrecorded successful attendance astatine the Emirates and is connected manus to complaint and slate the Gunners' respective displays against City.

David Raya - 7/10

Had precise small to bash successful the archetypal fractional but made a superb prevention successful the 22nd infinitesimal to contradict a goalbound header from Josko Gvardiol.

Made different stunning prevention 2 minutes from the half-time interval, stopping a deflected Savinho changeable from adjacent range. Powerless to halt Erling Haaland's 55th-minute header from levelling the scores.

Jurrien Timber - 6

Didn't connection his accustomed attacking menace going guardant but was coagulated defensively. Picked up a pointless yellowish breaking up a harmless counter-attack successful the 24th minute.

William Saliba - 5

Didn't person overmuch to bash successful the archetypal fractional but won each of his aerial battles. Marshalled the defence good successful the 2nd but was embarrassingly outjumped and outmuscled by Haaland for City's equaliser.

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Gabriel Magalhaes - 6

Like his antiaircraft partner, helium was seldom called into enactment successful the archetypal half. Dominant successful the aerial successful his battles with Haaland, who helium trolled aft Odegaard's goal.

Myles Lewis-Skelly - 8

Continues to endear himself to the Emirates faithful with composure and tenacity beyond his years.

Floated brilliantly betwixt near backmost and midfield erstwhile required.

Put existent daylight betwixt the 2 sides with a thumping decorativeness conscionable aft the hr mark. This young lad is A existent agleam imaginable for some the Gunners and England.

Thomas Partey - 7

Steady successful the bosom of midfield and broke up play good erstwhile required.

Fired the Gunners backmost into the pb successful the 57th infinitesimal with a deflected changeable from extracurricular the box.

Martin Odegaard - 7

Was successful the close spot astatine the close clip to payment from the aftermath of an uncharacteristic Manuel Akanji mistake and occurrence the Gunners into the lead.

Was astatine the bosom of everything bully the northbound Londoners did going forward.

Declan Rice - 6

Combative, arsenic always, successful the mediate of the parkland and played a relation successful the location broadside breaking the deadlock, teeing up Havertz who squared the shot to Odegaard.

Leandro Trossard - 6

Was peculiarly lively connected the near successful the archetypal half, giving Matheus Nunes a existent tally for his money. His extremity product, however, wasn't the best.

Gabriel Martinelli - 6

Lively connected the close helping successful the aboriginal goings. Found the backmost of the nett successful the 5th infinitesimal aft immoderate beauteous play from Odegaard but was needlessly offside.

Forced a bully prevention retired of Ortega with a rasping effort successful the 68th minute.

Kai Havertez - 6

Lively aboriginal doors, investigating Stefan Ortega with a tame changeable successful the archetypal minute. Teed up Odegaard for a pat successful a fewer moments later.

Missed a aureate accidental to treble the pb successful the 25th minute, dragging the shot wide with the extremity astatine his implicit mercy.

Made amends for his howler by finishing an adjacent harder accidental successful the 76th minute.

Substitutes

Ethan Nwaneri - 83 (on for Trossard) - 7

Put the cherry connected apical of the barroom with an outrageous effort successful second-half stoppage time.

Mikel Merino - 83 (on for Odegaard) - 5

Raheem Sterling - 89 (on for Kai Havertz ) - N/A

Riccardo Calafiori 89 (on for Lewis-Skelly) - N/A