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James Nursey

Arsenal player ratings as Shkodran Mustafi struggles in Leicester defeat

Arsenal went down to another defeat in their battle to finish in the top four as they were swept aside by Brendan Rodgers' vibrant Leicester side on Sunday.

Unai Emery's side were reduced to 10 men in the first half when Ainsley Maitland-Niles picked up two bookings.

And the goals then started to flow in the second half when Youri Tielemans directed in a header to open the scoring for the hosts.

With Arsenal all over the place at the back, Jamie Vardy pounced twice in the final few minutes of the match to leave Arsenal suffering a fourth defeat in their last six games.

Here's how the players rated.

Leicester

The Dane set up Vardy's first (Julian Finney)

 

Schmeichel 7

Good first half save with his feet from Iwobi's low shot

Pereira 7

Booked. Forced Leno into a decent second half save cutting in from right

Evans 7

Early diving header straight at Bernd Leno from a set piece

Maguire 7

Classy defender is vital for the Foxes both in and out of possession

Chilwell impressed again (Julian Finney)

Chilwell 7

Booked. Good set pieces and superb attacking play down the left

Ndidi 7

Booked. Effective at screening defence and making interceptions

Choudhury 7

Impressed making his first start under new boss Brendan Rodgers

Albrighton 7

Created first half chance for Vardy with a super ball over the top

The Belgian was Leicester's best player (Plumb Images)

Tielemans 8

MOTM Pushed up into a more advanced central midfield role and netted

Maddison 8

Served notice of his attacking intent with two early shots and assisted opener

Vardy 8

Linked play well with Maddison and deservedly got on scoresheet

Subs

Barnes (Ndidi 45) 7

Mendy (Choudhury 79) 6

Gray (Albrighton 85) -

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Arsenal

Leno 8

Improved display from his Wolves nightmare with several decent stops

Maitland-Niles 4

Sent off. Got his marching orders for two first half bookings

Another day to forget for Mustafi (Getty Images)

Mustafi 5

Recalled and kept on his toes by Vardy playing on the shoulder

Sokratis 5

Booked. Defensive pair embarrassed by Vardy's goal over top from goal kick

Kolasinac 6

Maddison had too much time to pick out Tielemans for opener

Kolasinac lost Maddison for the first goal (Getty Images)

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Mkhitaryan 6

Had to drop back into defence after the red card, later subbed

Torreira 6

Was unhappy with Choudhury for leaving his foot in to hit his chest

Xhaka 6

The midfielder tried to pick a pass and was willing to get on the ball

Iwobi 6

Forced Kasper Schmeichel into his first save but subbed as Gunners re-jigged

Lacazette was substituted (Action Images via Reuters)

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Lacazette 6

Volleyed wide from eight yards out after good work from Iwobi

Aubameyang 6

His return to the side improved Arsenal but was isolated once lost a man

Subs

Koscielny (Iwobi 45) 6

Guendouzi (Mkhitaryan 73) 6

Nketiah (Lacazette 79) 6

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