Arsenal lost to Newcastle United in the second leg of the Carabao Cup semifinals and were subsequently eliminated from the competition. Mikel Arteta fielded the same lineup that scored five goals against Manchester City this past weekend,

Now whoscored have published their independent player ratings for this Newcastle 2 Arsenal 0 match: (The Whoscored display can only show ratings on four subs for a team Krafth was rated 6.1) As you can see, ten players received a rating of 7.0 or more, with nine of them playing for NUFC.

Arteta complained that Arsenal had difficulties with the ball being used in the competition, although Newcastle's players did not appear to have any similar problems. And it came back to bite him as chants of "Mikel Arteta,