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Arsenal player ratings vs Slavia Prague: Lacazette double in 4-0 rout

By Ross Kennerley

PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC - APRIL 15: Bukayo Saka of Arsenal (hidden) celebrates with teammates after scoring their team's third goal during the UEFA Europa League Quarter Final Second Leg match between Slavia Praha and Arsenal FC at Eden Arena on April 15, 2021 in Prague, Czech Republic. Sporting stadiums around Europe remain under strict restrictions due to the Coronavirus Pandemic as Government social distancing laws prohibit fans inside venues resulting in games being played behind closed doors. (Photo by Martin Sidorjak/Getty Images)
PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC - APRIL 15: Bukayo Saka of Arsenal (hidden) celebrates with teammates after scoring their team's third goal during the UEFA Europa League Quarter Final Second Leg match between Slavia Praha and Arsenal FC at Eden Arena on April 15, 2021 in Prague, Czech Republic. Sporting stadiums around Europe remain under strict restrictions due to the Coronavirus Pandemic as Government social distancing laws prohibit fans inside venues resulting in games being played behind closed doors. (Photo by Martin Sidorjak/Getty Images) /
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Slavia Prague’s Romanian midfielder Nicolae Stanciu (L) and Arsenal’s English midfielder Emile Smith Rowe vie for the ball during the UEFA Europa League quarter-final second leg football match between Slavia Prague and Arsenal in Prague on April 15, 2021. (Photo by Michal Cizek / AFP) (Photo by MICHAL CIZEK/AFP via Getty Images) /

Arsenal Midfielders Ratings

Thomas Partey (CM) – 8/10 – In similar vein to how the team set up against Sheffield United, Partey acted as the single pivot in the centre of the park and was just as commanding in that position as he had been at Bramall Lane.

Building, holding and manning the fort, he didn’t give Slavia a blade of grass.

Dani Ceballos (CM) – 8/10 – Two solid performances? In a row? Really?

Do not scratch your eyes and Dani Ceballos was superb for the second game running as a floating No. 8 to the left of Partey, with all his silkier elements and freedom of expression being used for better both in playing out of tight situations and building triangles out wide.

Emile Smith Rowe (AM) – 9/10 – What is there to say that hasn’t already been said? What a magnificent talent who, if all ends in disaster this season, will be one of the few bright notes. How far he’s come from earning his first start of the season against Chelsea to where he is now is remarkable.

His understanding of space, immaculate quality on the ball, reading of danger, spatial awareness…the list goes on. Smith Rowe was spectacular.

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