Macca marks the Irons
Regular rating man Niall McDonald is now on duty with his own assessment for today’s game – here’s how he marked the boys.
Hart: Unlucky with their 2nd after a great block ricochet’d to Kane. Dealt pretty well with a number of balls played back to him 5
Ogbonna: No disasters at the back. One mazy dribble in the second half 5
Reid: Looked under pressure today. Key protagonist in the mêlée in stoppage time 5
Fonte: Lovely flick on for our first goal 6
Zabaleta: Best of our defenders I thought, again 6
Kouyate: Did his good deed by picking up the refs red and yellow cards. An unstoppable header 7
Noble: Amazed the skipper lasted the full 90 mins. Got away with his usual crunching London derby foul as ref had already stopped play 5
Cresswell: Always willing but he just doesn’t seem to have the energy of a few seasons ago 5
Arnautovic: Our best outlet going forward for 60 mins 6 Hernandez: A frustrated figure before scoring then he was everywhere – can we get the ball into his areas more often??!! 6
Antonio: Pulled up with injury and by the time we’d reorganized to any extent were 2 down 4 Subs
Carroll: Forced into action after only 26 mins. Gave it his all but it really wasn’t his day 4
Ayew: Buzzed around without really getting into an area to affect the game 4
Masuaku: A peach of a cross gave us real hope of a miraculous comeback 6