{"id":168455,"date":"2024-04-04T16:18:48","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T16:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/04\/arsenals-best-and-worst-players-in-routine-victory-over-luton\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T16:18:48","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T16:18:48","slug":"arsenals-best-and-worst-players-in-routine-victory-over-luton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/04\/arsenals-best-and-worst-players-in-routine-victory-over-luton\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal\u2019s best and worst players in routine victory over Luton \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Arsenal kept the pressure on Liverpool in the Premier League title race with a comfortable 2-0 win over Luton Town on Wednesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Gunners moved back top of the table, doing all they can to fire a waring to Liverpool ahead of their meeting with Sheffield United on Thursday night, and had captain Martin Odegaard to thank for opening the scoring midway through the first half.<\/p>\n<p>The Norwegian\u2019s laser-like finish preceded an unfortunate own goal from Daiki Hashioka just before the interval, and from then on it was cruise control for Mikel Arteta\u2019s side as they made it 12 wins from 15 Premier League home games.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s Arsenal\u2019s best and worst players on the night measured by\u00a0<em>90min\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0on the night player ratings.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"_ewumdgovr\">Arsenal\u2019s best player vs Luton<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Emile Smith Rowe \u2013 8\/10<\/h3>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/01htm7atrd3dddfx8e1q.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Emile Smith Rowe\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Smith Rowe was key to the performance \/ Sebastian Frej\/MB Media\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<p>For just the third time this season, Emile Smith Rowe was given the chance to start a Premier League game, and the 23-year-old ensured the rare opportunity to impress did not pass him by.<\/p>\n<p>It was his work rate and defensive tenacity that led to the opening goal of the game, before Smith Rowe\u2019s low cross was turned into the back of the net by Luton defender Hashioka to kill the game off.<\/p>\n<p>Battling for minutes with Declan Rice is a tough task, but performances like this will give Arteta a welcome headache.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Honourable mention<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Martin Odegaard \u2013 8\/10<\/h3>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/01htm7nxtxkyy2kkyk2b.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Martin Odegaard\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Odegaard opened the scoring \/ Eddie Keogh\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<p>It was the midfield show for\u00a0Arsenal\u00a0as, alongside Smith Rowe, Odegaard danced his way around Luton all game long.<\/p>\n<p>His fierce strike set the tone for the game as Odegaard\u2019s outstanding form continued. On form, there are few players in the Premier League better than the Gunners\u2019 captain.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"_3g4adojlw\">Arsenal\u2019s worst player vs Luton<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Leandro Trossard \u2013 5\/10<\/h3>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/01htm7sh8ftxradwvwsc.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Leandro Trossard\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Trossard\u2019s impact was not really felt \/ Sebastian Frej\/MB Media\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<p>Bukayo Saka was left out because of injury, while Gabriel Martinelli was once again limited to a short appearance off the bench as he seeks his own return to fitness. So the onus was on Leandro Trossard to lead by example in Arsenal\u2019s attack.<\/p>\n<p>It was a mixed showing from the Belgian who, while not getting much wrong, was a little quieter that expected, forcing the midfielder\u2019s behind him to step up and bring the goals.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal kept the pressure on Liverpool in the Premier League title race with a comfortable 2-0 win over Luton Town on Wednesday. The Gunners moved back top of the table, doing all they can to fire a waring to Liverpool ahead of their meeting with Sheffield United on Thursday night, and had captain Martin Odegaard [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":168456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-168455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Arsenal\u2019s best and worst players in routine victory over Luton \u2013 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/04\/arsenals-best-and-worst-players-in-routine-victory-over-luton\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Arsenal\u2019s best and worst players in routine victory over Luton \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Arsenal kept the pressure on Liverpool in the Premier League title race with a comfortable 2-0 win over Luton Town on Wednesday. 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