Okay, it wasn’t the most exciting football game last night, but arsenal Finally got the job done.

Mikel Arteta The team knew that a win over Dinamo Zagreb would almost guaranteeing them Channel entry Champions League Round of 16, easy win 3-0.

The home team finally found the back of the net after great performances from the likes of Jorginho, Alexander Zinchenko and Martin Odegaard.

However, two stand out: Declan Rice There’s another starter who’s proven this month that he can save the Kronks a lot of money.

Declan Rice vs Zagreb

Over the past few weeks, Rice has been back to something close to his best form last season, and last night was one of his best performances of the season.

The Englishman opened the scoring for the hosts less than two minutes later, firing home a half-volley as if he were a world-class centre-forward.

Now, he should add a second chance in the second half, but this does not affect his efficiency in offense and defense as the left eight.

It’s not just us who are impressed by the former West Ham captain, Football London’s Tom Canton Give him a game rating of 8/10 Full-time, writing that it was “another dominant midfield performance” from the midfield machine.

Unsurprisingly, the 26-year-old’s in-game statistics more than back up that praise; within 93 minutesThe total expected goals and assists are 0.82, 62 touches, 91% passing accuracy, 1 key pass, 4 shots, 100% ground duel win rate, 1 clearance, 2 blocks, 2 completions Tackle.

All in all, it was a fine performance from the Gunners’ £105m-rated player, but he wasn’t the only one to regularly hit the headlines as Kai Havertz Installing a monitor could end up saving the club millions of dollars.

Kai Havertz vs Zagreb

Yes, that player is Havertz, who put in another stellar performance at the Emirates last night after a poor few weeks in which his status in the squad was seriously questioned.

The Germany international did make some now-accustomed mistakes in the penalty area, such as holding on to the ball for too long at times, but overall he showed he can be the North Londoners’ leader up front this season.

For example, the striker who is called “gorgeous” Talent Scout Jacek KuligThe man who stopped and cushioned the ball in the first two minutes allowed Rice to open the scoring, but he wasn’t done there.

When his side needed to extend their lead in the second half, the 25-year-old dynamo stepped up to connect with Gabriel Martinelli’s exquisite pass and did just that, helping to quell a team that had been frustrated by Saturday’s The tension can creep in over the course of the game. game.

Unsurprisingly, Canton was also impressed by the former Chelsea man, Give him another 8/10 That night, he wrote, he had “perfect control” of the ball in the team’s opener.

Now, if this is the start of a goalscoring journey for the Aachen-born striker, the club’s hierarchy may choose not to sign a new striker this month and instead invest elsewhere in the squad, but this Will it be a problem? The wise decision is another debate.

Ultimately, it wasn’t a swashbuckling performance from Arsenal but a comfortable and professional performance that saw them deserved winners and hopefully some momentum for the rest of the season.

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