Arsenal booked themselves a place in the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup with a 2-0 win over Leeds.
Simon Collings was at Emirates Stadium to see Arsenal in action...
Bernd Leno 7
In for Aaron Ramsdale and gave a good account of himself. Made fine saves in the first half to deny Dan James and Jack Harrison.
Cedric Soares 6
A solid job from the Portugal international, who got forward when he could. Defensively he was solid and didn’t really do much wrong.
Ben White 8
Was arguably Arsenal’s best player before he had to come off after 55 minutes and any injury will be a real blow. Carried the ball out of defence so well.
Rob Holding 7
Looked comfortable playing alongside White in defence. Carried the ball out nicely and did a solid job in the absence of Gabriel.
Sead Kolasinac 6
A few dicey moments, but overall he was fine. Clearly a level below Nuno Tavares, though, and even finished the game at centre-back.
Mohamed Elneny 5
Worked his socks off, as always, but in possession he struggled. Feels like Maitland-Niles is now ahead of him in the pecking order.
Ainsley Maitland-Niles 8 | Star man
One of the midfielder’s best games for Arsenal in recent memory. Won the ball well and he was good in possession too.
Nicolas Pepe 5
The Ivorian finished the game with an assist, but this was a frustrating performance from him. Really struggled with his final ball.
Emile Smith Rowe 6
Not the fireworks he produced on Friday night against Aston Villa. His game was just a bit off and Leeds kept him quiet.
Gabriel Martinelli 6
Got better as the game went on, but he still doesn’t look like himself right now. Feels like he could do with a loan in January.
Eddie Nketiah 7
Looked fairly sharp given his lack of minutes. Pressed really well and got his reward with a goal in the second half.
Subs
Calum Chambers (White 55’) 7
Came off the bench and scored with his first touch of the game. A nice cameo at centre-back.
Albert Sambi Lokonga (Elneny 71’) 5
Came on to keep things ticking in midfield, but had little time to make an impact.
Alexandre Lacazette (Lacazette 71’) 5
Brought on to play as a No10 but had little time to make his mark.
Nuno Tavares (Holding 76’) N/A
Subs not used: Ramsdale, Partey, Saka, Oulad M’Hand, Balogun.
