Arsenal 1–1 Manchester City
- Martinelli 90+3'
- Haaland 9'
21 September 2025
The match in data
Arsenal and Manchester City finished level at 1–1 on 21 September 2025, on matchday 5 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Player of the match: William Saliba (Arsenal), rated 71, thanks above all to 100 passes and 10 duels won. Saliba produced 1.3 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.
It was the highest rating of the matchday.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Manchester City, the highest-rated player was Erling Haaland, with 66.
William Saliba
Arsenal · 90'
Produced 1.32× and cost 0.27× their position's average
- 100 passes 2.1×
- 10 duels won 2.1×
- 8 recoveries 2.2×
- 4 misplaced passes 0.6×
- 2 duels lost 0.5×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Saliba ★ | Defender | 90 | 71 |
| Declan Rice | Midfielder | 90 | 70 |
| Bukayo Saka | Forward | 44 | 67 |
| Leandro Trossard | Forward | 84 | 58 |
| Martín Zubimendi | Midfielder | 90 | 51 |
| Eberechi Eze | Midfielder | 44 | 47 |
| David Raya | Goalkeeper | 90 | 45 |
| Mikel Merino | Midfielder | 46 | 44 |
| Riccardo Calafiori | Defender | 90 | 42 |
| Jurriën Timber | Defender | 80 | 37 |
| Gabriel Magalhães | Defender | 90 | 36 |
| Viktor Gyökeres | Forward | 90 | 28 |
| Noni Madueke | Forward | 46 | 28 |
| Gabriel Martinelli | Forward | 10 | no rating |
| Ethan Nwaneri | Midfielder | 6 | no rating |
| Cristhian Mosquera | Defender | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erling Haaland | Forward | 76 | 66 |
| Gianluigi Donnarumma | Goalkeeper | 90 | 56 |
| Tijjani Reijnders | Midfielder | 90 | 54 |
| Jérémy Doku | Forward | 87 | 51 |
| Nico O'Reilly | Defender | 87 | 48 |
| Nathan Aké | Defender | 22 | 46 |
| Abdukodir Khusanov | Defender | 46 | 44 |
| Bernardo Silva | Midfielder | 90 | 43 |
| Josko Gvardiol | Defender | 90 | 43 |
| Rodri | Midfielder | 90 | 42 |
| Rúben Dias | Defender | 90 | 38 |
| Matheus Nunes | Defender | 44 | 35 |
| Phil Foden | Midfielder | 68 | 27 |
| Nico González | Midfielder | 14 | no rating |
| John Stones | Defender | 3 | no rating |
| Savinho | Forward | 3 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Arsenal player made the most tackles?
Jurriën Timber, with 7 tackles. Next: William Saliba 4, Riccardo Calafiori 3.
In Arsenal's 1–1 draw against Manchester City, Jurriën Timber anchored the defensive effort with 7 tackles. William Saliba followed with 4, while Riccardo Calafiori recorded 3.
Which Manchester City player made the most tackles?
Jérémy Doku, with 4 tackles. Next: Rodri 2, Josko Gvardiol 2.
During the 1–1 draw against Arsenal, Jérémy Doku led Manchester City's ball-winning efforts with 4 tackles. That doubled the tallies of Rodri and Josko Gvardiol, who registered 2 each.
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.
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