A woeful first half left hearts in mouths at the Emirates, with Liverpool dominating us in almost every way in the opening 45. Petr Cech produced a number of world class saves to keep us in it though, and we really grew into the game in the second half. Arsene Wenger was forced to field a makeshift defence due to illness and injury to Per Mertesacker and Laurent Koscielny respectively, and the back four looked like strangers at times. Here are the player ratings for Arsenal's 0-0 draw with Liverpool: GK) Petr Cech – 8.0 Liverpool were unquestionably the better side in the first half, and would have been two or three ahead if it weren't for Cech. He produced two top quality saves to...
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