Player ratings for Arsenal vs. Atletico Madrid: Declan Rice shines while Viktor Gyokeres steps up to the plate as the Champions League semifinal is still very close
𝐀𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝-𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝟏-𝟏 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐰 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐢-𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲. 𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐕𝐢𝐤𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐲𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐳 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭-𝐤𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞.
𝐆𝐲𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐤𝐨 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚, 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬. 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐑𝐚𝐲𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐳 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐧𝐢 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐞𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐝. 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬.
𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤, 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧. 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐞𝐧 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐲-𝐟𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐀𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐳 𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫-𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤, 𝐆𝐚𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐬' 𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐲 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐳𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐚𝐲𝐚'𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞-𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐀𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐦𝐚𝐧.
𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐄𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐢 𝐄𝐳𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐤𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞, 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐤𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡. 𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡-𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭-𝐥𝐞𝐠 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐰 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞. 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲, 𝐍𝐚𝐡𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚'𝐬 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫.
Defense and Goalkeeping
David Raya (7/10):
If Arsenal hadn't had their goalkeeper, things would have gone worse. made two crucial saves against Lookman and Alvarez, but was unable to stop the penalty.
Ben White (6/10):
The perilous Lookman kept writing back, and he occasionally lost his man. For a flailing arm, punishment.
Saliba, William (7/10):
Once or twice, he nearly got himself into trouble, but other than that, he was a strong presence and made several significant interventions.
Magalhaes Gabriel (6/10):
A bit careless with the ball at first. made a spectacular block to stop Griezmann at close range.
Hincapie Piero (6/10):
I was guilty of slowing down the play even though I got into some excellent offensive positions. Make a protective sound.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝
𝐙𝐮𝐛𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢, 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧 (𝟔/𝟏𝟎):
𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞.
𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐞 (𝟕 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝟏𝟎):
𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞. 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.
𝐎𝐝𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧 (𝟓/𝟏𝟎):
𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐝, 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤. 𝐄𝐳𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲.
𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤
𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐞𝐤𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐧𝐢 (𝟔/𝟏𝟎):
𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝.
𝐆𝐲𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬, 𝐕𝐢𝐤𝐭𝐨𝐫 (𝟕/𝟏𝟎):
𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐞𝐫.
𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢 𝐆𝐚𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐥 (𝟓/𝟏𝟎):
𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝐚𝐬 𝐀𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐨 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞.
Manager & Subs
Eberechi Eze (7/10) :
Considerably more influential than Odegaard, and after some adorable play, he most likely deserved a penalty.
Jesus Gabriel (6/10):
got involved right away and caused problems with his physicality, even if there were no obvious opportunities.
Saka Bukayo (6/10):
carried a greater danger than Madueke, but it didn't have his typical final result.
Trossard, Leandro (6/10):
worked hard in the half-space, but Atletico defenders frequently swarmed him before he could get a pass or a shot off.
Mosquera Cristhian (N/A):
added to help Arsenal maintain a crucial draw.