Player ratings: Arsenal 0-1 Tottenham

Arsenal fell to their first defeat of pre-season due to controversial goal in an otherwise uneventful North London Derby in Hong Kong.

It was a dull first half in truth, with the only shot on target coming from the opening goal, with Pape Sarr lobbing David Raya from distance after Myles Lewis-Skelly looked to have been tripped. With no VAR in effect, the goal stood.

Arsenal dominated the ball for large parts of the second half but failed to create a huge amount of chances. It was a pretty poor game that lacked pace and flow.

Here’s how I rated the players:

David Raya – 4

Ben White (off at ‘) – 6

William Saliba – 6

Jakub Kiwior (off at 77′) – 6

Myles Lewis-Skelly (off at 77′) – 6

Cristian Norgaard (off at 68′) – 6 –

Declan Rice (off at 77’) – 5

Martin Odegaard (off at ‘) – 5

Bukayo Saka (off at 77′) – 6

Kai Havertz (off at 77′) – 4 – Untidy game, a bit of good hold up player in between.

Gabriel Martinelli (off at 68’) – 3 – In truth it’s been a worrying pre-season from Martinelli. With lots of links to new left wingers, I think these performances will only encourage those.

Subs

Martin Zubimendi (on at 68′ for Norgaard) – 6

Leandro Trossard (on at 68′ for Martinelli off at 85′ – injury) – N/A

Mikel Merino (on at 77′ for Rice) – N/A

Max Dowman (on at 77′ for Saka) – N/A – But lively again!

Oleksandr Zinchenko (on at 77′ for Lewis-Skelly) – N/A

Viktor Gyokeres (on at 77′ for Havertz) – N/A

Cristhian Mosquera (on at 77′ for Kiwior) – N/A

Reiss Nelson (on at 85′ for Trossard) – N/A