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Arsenal Vs Olympiakos: Player ratings – Nightmare

By Andrew Dowdeswell

Olympiakos' French-born Moroccan striker Youssef El-Arabi celebrates after scoring their late goal in extra time during the UEFA Europa league round of 32 second leg football match between Arsenal and Olympiakos at the Emirates stadium in London on February 27, 2020. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP) (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)
Olympiakos' French-born Moroccan striker Youssef El-Arabi celebrates after scoring their late goal in extra time during the UEFA Europa league round of 32 second leg football match between Arsenal and Olympiakos at the Emirates stadium in London on February 27, 2020. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP) (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images) /
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Olympiakos’ French-born Moroccan striker Youssef El-Arabi celebrates after scoring their late goal in extra time during the UEFA Europa league round of 32 second leg football match between Arsenal and Olympiakos at the Emirates stadium in London on February 27, 2020. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP) (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)
Olympiakos’ French-born Moroccan striker Youssef El-Arabi celebrates after scoring their late goal in extra time during the UEFA Europa league round of 32 second leg football match between Arsenal and Olympiakos at the Emirates stadium in London on February 27, 2020. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP) (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images) /

On Thursday night, Arsenal hosted Olympiakos in the second leg of their Europa League Round of 32 tie. Here are the player ratings from the 2-1 loss.

The Mikel Arteta era has not featured many bad performances thus far. But this was one of Arsenal’s most lacklustre outings of an entire season full of them. Olympiakos arrived at the Emirates with a plan: defend deep, remain disciplined, slow down the game at every opportunity, and knick the goal they needed. They did precisely that, and the Gunners let them. In the end,

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Here are the player ratings from the 2-1 loss.

LONDON, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 27: Youssef El Arabi of Olympiacos FC is tackled by Bernd Leno of Arsenal FC during the UEFA Europa League round of 32 second leg match between Arsenal FC and Olympiacos FC at Emirates Stadium on February 27, 2020 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 27: Youssef El Arabi of Olympiacos FC is tackled by Bernd Leno of Arsenal FC during the UEFA Europa League round of 32 second leg match between Arsenal FC and Olympiacos FC at Emirates Stadium on February 27, 2020 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images) /

Goalkeeper

Arsenal. BERND LENO. 6.5. Could do nothing for the goal. Commanded his area well and made one excellent save from a long-range strike in the second half. Made a terrible error to concede a silly corner in the build-up to the final goal. His play in possession has been better recently, but it still needs to improve.. GK