A game of two halves at St James Park, which turned out to be the game of the season so far. Arsenal were superb in the first half and awful in the second.
Wojciech Szczesny 7.5/10
An impressive game for the young keeper. Despite conceding 4 goals he wasn't at fault for any and made some crucial saves which stopped Newcastle from defeating Arsenal.
Bacary Sagna 5.5/10
Like most of the team, was good in the first half both defensively and offensively. Was caught out a couple of times in the second half too far forward.
Laurent Koscielny 6/10
Also played well in the first half but did concede 2 penalties in the second half. Only one of them was a penalty and didn't look as good as playing with Squillaci
Johan Djourou 7.5/10
Defended well in the first half and scored a good header in the first half. He got injured early in the second half and Arsenal went downhill from there.
Gael Clichy 5/10
Very similar game to Bacary Sagna. Solid in the first half and then poor in the second. Was caught too far forward and he exposed the centre halves on many occasions.
Abou Diaby 4/10
Played well until he totally lost the plot after a bad tackle from Joey Barton. He got sent off as a result and this affected the team badly.
Jack Wilshere 6.5/10
Looked impressive in the first half but didn't defend well when the team needed him to late in the second half. After the Diaby sending off he needed to play more defensively but wasn't able to do this well.
Cesc Fabregas 6/10
A poor performance from the captain. Struggled to have any influence on the game in both the first and second half.
Theo Walcott 7/10
Scored an early goal and set up another. He did waste possession a couple of times and could of tracked back more to help out the defence.
Robin Van Persie 7.5/10
Was superb in the first half scoring two great goals. Had no impact in the second half apart from a goal that was ruled just offside.
Andrey Arshavin 6.5/10
Played well early in the game but got worse as the game went on. Wasted possession and didn't help out defensively when he was needed.
Substitutes
Sebastien Squillaci 3.5/10
As soon as the Frenchman came on the defence looked shaky and he was a big factor in Arsenal not getting the win. Hopefully Johan isn't badly injured and Sebastien won't have to play many games.
Tomas Rosicky 5/10
Was brought on to replace the ineffective Arshavin. He was even more ineffective and was poor defensively in the closing stages.
Emmanuel Eboue 5/10
Was brought on to defend the lead as he is meant to be a better defender than Theo Walcott. Made a couple of mistakes and gave the ball away.
Man of the match: Wojciech Szczesny
Nobody really deserves the motm award but Szczesny played well and wasn't at fault for any of the four Newcastle goals.
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