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How did Merino, Cucurella & others fare? Spanish Newspaper Player Ratings Holland 2-2 Spain 2025

Here is a look at the player ratings from some of the big Spanish sports newspapers following the country’s 2-2 draw against the Netherlands in the first leg of their Nations League quarterfinal.

Netherlands 2 (Gakpo, Reijnders) Spain 2 (Nico Williams, Merino)

Spain managed to come away with a draw thanks to a stoppage time equaliser from Arsenal’s Mikel Merino.

Diario AS player ratings Netherlands 2-2 Spain

AS thought Chelsea’s Marc Cucurella didn’t deserve a rating for his performance.

Mikel Merino, a late replacement off the bench (replacing Fabian Ruiz) got 2 stars for his impressive cameo that also produced La Furia Roja’s late equaliser.

Holland vs Spain 2025 Player Ratings Diario AS

Nobody in the Spain starting lineup got more than 2 stars, but on the Netherlands side, Liverpool forward Cody Gakpo was one of two players to get 3 stars. His Liverpool team mate, Virgil van Dijk, however got only a single star.

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Arsenal vs PSV 2-2 European Newspaper Player Ratings 2025 UCL Round of 16 Second Leg

Here is a look at how some of the big European sports newspapers rated both Arsenal and PSV Eindhoven’s players following the second leg of their Round of 16 Champions League match at the Emirates Stadium (Attendance 59,410). Arsenal took the lead twice, but PSV equalised both times as the game ended in a 2-2 draw, with the Gunners progressing 9-3 on aggregate thanks to their 7-1 win last week.

Arsenal’s next game is against Chelsea at the Emirates.

Arsenal 2 (Zinchenko 6, Rice 37)
PSV 2 (Perisic 18, Driouech 70)

L’Equipe player ratings Arsenal vs PSV 2-2 Champions League 2025

French newspaper L’Equipe thought the two teams were pretty evenly matched on the day, giving both of them the same team rating. They weren’t very impressed with the performances of Tierney and Merino though- the duo got a 4/10 rating, the lowest among the starting Arsenal players.

On the PSV side, LB Tyrell Malacia (on loan from Manchester United), also got a 4/10, as did midfielder Schouten.

Arsenal vs PSV 2-2 Player Ratings L'Equipe

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L’Equipe Gazzetta Player Ratings PSV vs Arsenal 1-7 Champions League 2025

Here is a look at the player ratings for PSV Eindhoven vs Arsenal (Round of 16 First Leg UCL March 4 2025) from the big European newspapers following the Gunners’ stunning 7-1 triumph.

PSV 1 (Lang pen)
Arsenal 7 (Timer, Nwaneri, Merino, Odegaard*2, Trossard, Calafiori)

L’Equipe player ratings PSV vs Arsenal 2025 1-7

L’Equipe, as you’d expect, reserved some pretty harsh ratings for PSV Eindhoven, giving them a team rating of 2.4/10. Left back Tyrell Malacia, on loan at PSV from Man United, was one of several starters to be given a 2/10 player rating by the French paper.

On the Arsenal side, goal scorers Odegaard, Nwaneri and Trossard all got a 8/10 rating, as did Declan Rice. No Gunners player got more than 8/10 from L’Equipe, who also thought Mikel Arteta (manager rating 8) completely eclipsed his opposite number Peter Bosz (2/10)

L’Equipe were also not very pleased with referee Manzano’s performance, giving him a 4/10 ref rating.

PSV vs Arsenal 1-7 Player Ratings L'Equipe

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