Arsenal Player Ratings Vs Aston Villa

Manuel Almunia:7: Made some great seves which included a penalty stop

Bacary Sanga:6.5: Attacked well early on but failed to deal with Young. Shame to see him go off injured.

Mikel Silvestre:6: Started shaky but looked more comfortable as the game grew on. A mistake from him turn to a goal.

William Gallas:5.5: A poor peformance. Showed poor strength when trying to stop the much small Abonglahor from scoring. Wenger should swap him for Toure.

Gael Clichy:6: Attacked relatively well but conceded an unlucky own goal.

Samir Nasri:6.5: Did his best to open up the Villa defence but nothing seemed to work.

Denilson:6: Defended poorly at times but is maturing into a solid player.

Cesc Fabregas:6.5: Tried but couldn't find. Marks for effort.

Theo Walcott:6: Was a tad clumsy at times but was on the verge of breaking through the Villa defence.

Abou Diaby:7: Looked good at times in attack. Good effort.

Nicklas Bendter:4: Don't really know why he was playing. Would of done better with Gallas upfront.

Substitues

Emmanuel Adebayor:6: Did more than Bendter did in 15 minutes. Should of scored with a header.

Carlos Vela:6: Chested it down nicely for Adebayor but saw his set up scuffed. Not enough time on the pitch. Silly Wenger for not starting with him.

Kolo Toure:5.5: Not enough time to make an impact.