Player ratings: Chelsea 1-1 Arsenal

Arsenal were held to a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge on Sunday afternoon in a feisty affair.

Anthony Taylor was card-happy in the early stages, with several Arsenal players going into the book.

Moises Caicedo was then also only booked after a horrific challenge, luckily VAR stepped in to upgrade it to a red card. Also luckily, Mikel Merino was able to walk after the horrible challenge.

To their credit, Chelsea didn’t park the bus and the second half started the worst possible way for Arsenal, with Trevoh Chalobah nodding Chelsea ahead from a corner.

Arsenal got back on level terms quite quickly, Mikel Merino nodding in from a Bukayo Saka cross. The Gunners were unable to make their extra man count in the latter stages, despite going very close at the end.

Rate the players below and see the fan averages, and scroll down to see my ratings. 

Here’s how I rated the players:

David Raya – 7

Jurrien Timber – 7

Cristhian Mosquera – 6

Piero Hincapie – 6

Riccardo Calafiori – 6  (off at HT for) Myles Lewis-Skelly – 5

Martin Zubimendi – 6

Declan Rice – 8

Bukayo Saka – 7

Mikel Merino – 7

Ebere Eze – 5

Gabriel Martinelli – 5

Man of the match: Declan Rice. Giving it to Declan as I felt he gave everything today on an afternoon where Arsenal were off-beat.