Arsenal player ratings vs Aston Villa: Mat Ryan impresses on debut despite defeat, Hector Bellerin struggles

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rsenal suffered back-to-back Premier League defeats after Ollie Watkins’ early goal fired Aston Villa to a 1-0 victory.

Little he could do about the Villa goal – which took a deflection off Rob Holding. Had a good game after that and made a few strong saves. Good debut.

The Spaniard really struggled at Villa Park, particularly going forward. Final ball was often lacking. Not a good game for the right-back.

In for the suspended David Luiz and made a shaky start as Arsenal went behind early on. Improved, however, and was fairly solid.

Was tested by the pace of Watkins and managed to deal with him fairly well. Arsenal’s best defender on the day.

Was at fault for Aston Villa’s goal after underhitting his pass to Gabriel. Got better after that, but wasn’t at level he has been recently.

A solid enough game, however didn’t play at that level which we know he is capable of. Broke up play nicely enough, but passing was off at times.

Another decent performance from the Swiss, who was one of Arsenal’s better players in defeat. Dictacted play nicely.

Consistent as always and Arsenal’s best attacking player. Moved to left-back in the second-half and still caused plenty of problems.

Plenty of work rate and fight from the youngster during another solid display. Few promising moments in attack too, but couldn’t unlock the Villa defence.

A couple of nice mazy runs and dribbles, but end product was unfortunately lacking. Spurned a good chance in the second-half.

Few nice moments from the Frenchman, but not as good as he has been in recent weeks. Taken off just before the hour mark so Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang could come on.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Lacazette 59′) 5

Came on and played through the middle but was very quiet.

Martin Odegaard (Cedric 65′) 6

Bright and lively after coming and helped created some opening. Wasted a golden chance late on.

Unused:Runarsson, Mari, Chambers, Elneny, Ceballos, Martinelli