Dundalk made a great account of themselves tonight as their Europa League camapign came to an end tonight in a 4-2 defeat to Arsenal at the Aviva Stadium.
Here's how the Lilywhites rated in tonight's game:
Rogers 7 - Kept Dundalk in the hunt with good finger-tip saves to thwart Cedric - twice - and Maitland-Niles
Hoare 6 - Never got a moment's peace but played a key role in the Flores goal and scored himself late on.
Boyle 5 - Booked before seeing his clearance charged down for Nketiah’s opener and then hooked at half-time.
Cleary 6 - Tried in vain to hook Nketiah’s goal off the line but dished out two meaty tackles on the Arsenal striker.
Gannon 5 - Found it difficult to impact the game and hands were full with Maitland-Niles before going off.
Shields 6 - Skipper fizzed an early shot just over and spoiled a lot of Arsenal’s build-up play to good effect.
Flores 7 - Puskas award nominee scored his second goal in as many European games and then assisted Hoare’s.
Leahy 6 - Back in the side after missing out on a Cup final start and almost equalised before the break.
McEleney 7 - Made things happen and was always thorn in Arsenal’s side with clever use of the ball.
Duffy 6 - Lovely one-two with Flores for Dundalk’s first but needed a better delivery for McMillan breakaway.
McMillan 6 - Needed one goal to become the league's record scorer in Europe but forced off with a hamstring injury
SUBS
Brian Gartland for Boyle, 45 mins - 6
John Mountney for Gannon, 54 mins - 6
Daniel Kelly for McMillan, 54 mins - 5
Stefan Colovic for McEleney, 77 mins - 5
Jamie Wynne for Duffy, 77 mins - 5
Arsenal: Runarsson 6; Chambers 6, Pablo Mari 5, Mustafi 5, Cedric 6; Smith Rowe 6 (Cottrelll 77, 5), Maitland-Niles 7, Elneny 6 (Ceballos 62, 5), Willock 7 (Azeez 83, 5); Nketiah 7 (Balogun 62, 5), Pepe 6.
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
