As weeks go, they don’t get much worse than the past seven days for the Gunners. Almost embarrassed by Swedish side Ostersunds in the second leg of their Europa League tie in midweek, Arsenal were then given a thorough dressing down by Manchester City in the League Cup final yesterday.
Sergio Aguero gave City the lead at Wembley just after the quarter-hour mark when he took down a long punt by Claudio Bravo and lobbed David Ospina in the Arsenal goal.
The Citizens then doubled their lead when Vincent Kompany redirected Ilkay Gundogan’s cross-cum-shot past Ospina with just under an hour played, and David Silva made it a rout when he rounded Calum Chambers seven minutes later and lashed the ball into the bottom right-hand corner.
It was a humiliating defeat for the Gunners, who in fairness had suffered ailments during the week to Aaron Ramsey and Mesut Ozil. But there can be no excuse for such a toothless performance yesterday.
January signing Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang probably came closest to providing Arsenal with a goal when his tap-in inside the six-yard box was snuffed out by Kyle Walker, while Jack Wilshere at least earned the Gunners territory in midfield by winning free kicks with daring dribbles.
But were there any redeeming individual performances for fans of the north London club? We’ll let Gunners fans decide by giving each player who took part in the Carabao Cup final an individual performance rating out of ten…
