Arsenal Player Ratings vs. Portsmouth

After coming off a strong, impressive win over inform Aston Villa, Arsenal faced a frail, struggling Portsmouth side. It wasn't the hardest of encounters for the Gunners, but none the less a one Arsene Wenger and his men needed to win.

Arsenal dominated every aspect of the game and scored four impressive goals. The usual quick paced, easy on the eye style of football was evident as lowly Pompey could only try to stop the inform Arsenal.

Player Ratings

Manuel Almunia: 6: Will be annoyed he failed to keep a clean sheet but otherwise a pretty solid performance. Still looks uneasy under the high ball.

Bacary Sagna: 7: A constant contributor in attack down the right flank and defended well. The usual.

William Gallas: 7.5: Closed down the Pompey attacks with ease, cleared well and dealt with the high balls. A good performance

Thomas Vermaelen: 7: Worked well with Gallas, clearing and stopping the Pompey attack.

Armand Traore: 6.5: Despite being out of position for the conceded goal, the Frenchman played well, overlapping and playing in crosses. He improves with every game.

Alexandre Song: 8: Once again the Cameroonian was superb in the holding role. To hard to get past and a constant figure in attack. A beautiful header to find his way onto the score sheet. He will be missed during the African Cup of Nations.

Aaron Ramsey: 7.5: As the game grew so did he. Fastly becoming a predominant figure in this Arsenal XI. Passed well and scored a superb solo goal.

Abou Diaby: 7.5: Once again the long legs of the Frenchman were to hard to handle, as he glided past defenders and passed strongly.

Samir Nasri: 8: Always a threat with the ball at his feet. Scored a superb goal and had a big hand in Song's. Good to see him returning to his usual dangerous self.

Eduardo Da Silva: 6.5: Confidience still not fully there but had a hand in the first goal and his runs were always a problem.

Andrei Arshavin: 7: Dodged and weaved through defenders and overall a strong performance.

Substitutes

Tomas Rosicky: 6.5: Return from injury and showed glimpses of his former self.

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