Arsenal ratings: Leandro Trossard off pace in strike duo but Thomas Partey impresses out of position vs Newcastle

LEANDRO TROSSARD had a crippled to hide arsenic Arsenal's toothless onslaught meant they slumped to decision astatine Newcastle.

The Gunners are present winless successful 3 Premier League matches, having mislaid consecutive distant games.

Newcastle dominated the opening 25 minutes and were rewarded erstwhile Alexander Isak headed successful a superb Anthony Gordon cross.

They could person accrued their vantage but Arsenal defended resolutely portion offering a menace via set-pieces.

But the Gunners offered small successful the attacking last 3rd with Trossard peculiarly disconnected the pace.

The Belgian started successful a seldom seen beforehand 2 alongside Kai Havertz but produced conscionable 1 shot, which was blocked, and mislaid possession 12 times.

Mikel Arteta's attacking experimentation did not wage disconnected with Havertz and Gabriel Martinelli acold from their best.

There were fewer positives to instrumentality though Thomas Partey impressed erstwhile again, initially astatine right-back earlier moving into the middle.

Here is however SunSport's Jordan Davies rated the Arsenal display.

DAVID RAYA – 6/10

Great aboriginal organisation to spell agelong implicit the Newcastle property but thing helium could bash with Isak’s pin-point header.

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Was hardly troubled successful the 2nd fractional but was forced to ticker a lacklustre Arsenal dawdle to different defeat.

THOMAS PARTEY – 7

Looks truly comfy successful that role, adjacent if it is lone temporary, but evidently lacks an attacking menace of a full-back which hindered Saka slightly.

Moved backmost into midfield connected the hr people with Arsenal chasing the game.

WILLIAM SALIBA – 7

A invited beingness backmost successful the antiaircraft enactment pursuing suspension. Covered his antiaircraft spouse good and kept his chill amid Arsenal’s frustration.

GABRIEL – 5

Lost Isak successful the container for Newcastle’s opener and astir handed the hosts different accidental with a sloppy walk out.

Normally a rock, this was 1 of those uncommon jittery displays we thought were a happening of the past.

JURRIEN TIMBER – 6

Looked bully successful onslaught but arguably should person closed down Gordon’s transverse earlier the hosts took the pb and struggled to incorporate the England winger successful the archetypal half.

MIKEL MERINO – 5

Unfortunate not to get connected the people expanse against his erstwhile nine from adjacent scope aft a scramble from a corner.

But arsenic a whole, helium presently looks mislaid successful his position, unsure of erstwhile to spell and erstwhile to beryllium deep, meaning Newcastle were capable to prize Arsenal’s midfield open.

Feels similar we are not seeing the champion of him conscionable yet.

DECLAN RICE – 6

On set-piece duty, his transportation was unusually poor, failing to bushed the archetypal antheral connected galore occasions and struggled to enforce himself successful unfastened play too, adjacent if helium came adjacent with a deflected effort successful the 2nd fractional earlier fluffing a large headed accidental successful wounded time.

If helium is going to beryllium the anchor of this squad and dictate play, helium has got to beryllium a batch better.

LEANDRO TROSSARD – 5

Pretty anonymous different than a fewer surging runs. Another subordinate that looks mislaid successful a floating No.10 relation down the main striker.

The Belgian is astatine his champion cutting successful and utilizing his blistering pace. He tin bash neither done the mediate against a compact absorption set-up.

BUKAYO SAKA – 6

Looked to beryllium getting the amended of Toon right-back Hall aboriginal connected but his crippled faded aft that, on with his team’s.

GABRIEL MARTINELLI – 7

Showed glimpses of being backmost to his buzzing best, taking connected defenders and stretching the crippled for Arsenal, but lone lasted an hr earlier being taken off.

KAI HAVERTZ – 6

Never got a sniff, but got to enactment that down to a implicit deficiency of work from Arsenal’s wide players. He was hopeless to onslaught a decent transverse that ne'er truly came.

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ETHAN NWANERI (MERINO, 61) – 6

Given a bully invited to Tyneside with a crunching tackle from Willock seconds aft coming on.

Found immoderate bully pockets of abstraction and look crisp arsenic helium blazed 1 implicit from range, but was ever a large inquire for him to beryllium Arsenal’s saviour.

OLEKSANDR ZINCHENKO (MARTINELLI, 61) – 5

Thrown connected to bring tempo and control. Brought neither from an inverted left-back position.

BEN WHITE (TIMBER, 71) – 6

Had lone completed fractional a league to hole for this 1 having picked up a sound against Liverpool past weekend, truthful was a astonishment to adjacent spot him astatine all.

GABRIEL JESUS (TROSSARD) – 5

Tasked with creating thing peculiar from retired wide, but determination is simply a crushed the Brazilian is lone a bit-part subordinate nowadays.

JORGINHO (PARTEY, 86) – N/A