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 76, thanks above all to 100 passes and 10 duels won. Saliba produced 1.5 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For Manchester City, the highest-rated player was Erling Haaland, with 71.
William Saliba
Arsenal · 90'
Produced 1.50× and cost 0.29× 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: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Declan Rice | Midfielder | 90 | 76 |
| William Saliba ★ | Defender | 90 | 76 |
| Bukayo Saka | Forward | 44 | 60 |
| Martín Zubimendi | Midfielder | 90 | 52 |
| Eberechi Eze | Midfielder | 44 | 48 |
| Leandro Trossard | Forward | 84 | 47 |
| Riccardo Calafiori | Defender | 90 | 46 |
| Mikel Merino | Midfielder | 46 | 46 |
| Viktor Gyökeres | Forward | 90 | 42 |
| Gabriel Magalhães | Defender | 90 | 38 |
| Jurriën Timber | Defender | 80 | 38 |
| Noni Madueke | Forward | 46 | 27 |
| David Raya | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| 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 | 71 |
| Tijjani Reijnders | Midfielder | 90 | 55 |
| Nathan Aké | Defender | 22 | 55 |
| Nico O'Reilly | Defender | 87 | 52 |
| Jérémy Doku | Forward | 87 | 50 |
| Bernardo Silva | Midfielder | 90 | 48 |
| Abdukodir Khusanov | Defender | 46 | 48 |
| Josko Gvardiol | Defender | 90 | 44 |
| Rodri | Midfielder | 90 | 44 |
| Rúben Dias | Defender | 90 | 42 |
| Matheus Nunes | Defender | 44 | 36 |
| Phil Foden | Midfielder | 68 | 33 |
| Gianluigi Donnarumma | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Nico González | Midfielder | 14 | no rating |
| John Stones | Defender | 3 | no rating |
| Savinho | Forward | 3 | no rating |
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.