My view from a seat in with the enemy in Arsenal’s East stand (GHod that was a difficult 90 minutes of my life!)
Lloris - 6. Made a few decent (although expected) saves but really should’ve saved their equaliser. I'm confident that we would’ve gone on to take all 3 points had he done so.
Walker - 8. a superb performance from Walker, attacked intelligently and was defensively superb.
Toby - 7 Solid, uses the ball well, was unlucky with his header from the corner, although I found it rather concerning how many chances Arsenal had from set pieces.
Vertonghen - 7. See above (minus the header from the corner bit)
Rose – 8. Another excellent game from IMO the best left back in the country. Superb ball for Kane’s goal and used it intelligently for the rest of the game
Dier – 7. Won us the midfield battle but I felt that he lost Giroud far too many times on Arsenal set pieces and that could’ve unjustly cost us the game.
Ali – 8. I cannot believe this kid is only 19 (or is he 20 now?) He was first to the ball, tackled well, showed good skill and good passing. Will be a regular for England within 2 years.
Dembele – 9. MoTM. Absolute beast in the centre of the park, excellent pressing, won everything, pretty much never lost the ball. Another superb performance
Lamela – 7. Incredible work rate, I was very worried that he was going to get himself sent off though. Got into more good positions than probably any other player in the game although I felt that he did then waste a lot of good opportunities once he got into those positions, seeming to generally run out of ideas when on the edge of their penalty area.
Eriksen – 7. Same incredible workrate as Lamela. Used the ball well. Didn't exactly stamp his authority on the game though - hence a 7 and not an 8.
Kane – 8. Very well taken goal, also had another 4 opportunities to score but missed the target a few times which is unlike Harry. He made Mertesacker and Koschielny look like park players at times. The way he held the ball up was brilliant and was the focal point in our play. We desperately need to buy another player who can play with his back to goal in January to avoid over burdening him.
Subs
Mason – 7. Showed the work rate that we expect from him and used it intelligently in the time that he was on.
Son - 6. I thought he struggled to get involved but then again it was a hard game to come on in and get involved from the off.
Onomah – no score. Wasn’t on the pitch long enough to be able to award him a mark.
Overall team score: 9. We went to away to Arsenal and dominated them, played the better football and created chances from our open play. The only threat that Arsenal had was from set pieces and balls swung into the box for Giroud to get his head on. A real shame that we didn’t get the win that our play deserved. I hope that Poch drills into the team that we really need to make sure we take full advantage of such games and win them all. He should also be using yesterday’s game to evidence to the players that we shouldn’t be in a race for the top 4, but we should be in the title race.