Hughie hands out his marks
Areola: Left for dead for the goal but two decent saves after that and looked in solid form throughout 7
Ashby: Love this lad on the couple of occasions I’ve seen him. Defended well and always trying to make things happen down the right 7
Baptiste: Steady performance – did very little wrong and used the ball well 7
Alese: Very confident performance indeed. Did his job well at the back – fine block late in second half and always looking to find his man 7+
Longelo: My mom. Did some great attacking work down the left – always looking to be involved and defended well when required. Top performance from the boy 8
Noble: Skipper didn’t put a foot wrong – some clever stuff in his game. 7+
Kral: Good defensive midfield performance in the first 45. Let himself down a little with some sloppy stuff in the second 6
Yarmolenko: Pretty typical performance. Lot of running but little else 5
Vlasic: Looked exciting at times but little reward for a lot of strong play 7+
Fornals: One of two exciting runs, one of which set up a dangerous looking free kick. Subbed later 6+
Perkins: Felt sorry for the lad. Essentially a midfielder asked to play a near one up role and had little service 5
Subs
Benrahma: Worked hard but still missing that magic 6
Potts: Son of the Stevie – arrived late No rating