UEFA Champions League

L’Equipe Marca Player Ratings Arsenal 3-0 Real Madrid Champions League 2025- Rice stars

Here are the player ratings for Arsenal 3-0 Real Madrid from L’Equipe, Marca and other European sports newspapers following AFC’s stunning first leg Champions League triumph.

Arsenal 3-0 Real Madrid (Rice*2, Merino)

L’Equipe player ratings Arsenal vs Real Madrid 3-0

Declan Rice scored two stunning free kicks for Arsenal, and L’Equipe, who are notoriously tough/stingy with their ratings, have given him a 9/10.

Former Chelsea goalkeeper Thibault Courtois and medio Jude Bellingham were the best Real Madrid players against Arsenal with a 5/10 rating. Vini and Rodrygo got a 2/10 player rating while Mbappe was given a 3/10 rating by L’Equipe.

Arsenal 3-0 Real Madrid Player Ratings L'Equipe UCL

L’Equipe also gave Carlo Ancelotti a 3/10 manager rating, while his opposite number Mikel Arteta got a 7.

Marca player ratings Arsenal 3 Real Madrid 0 UCL

No Real Madrid player managed more than 1 star in Spanish newspaper Marca’s eyes while Rice and Lewis-Skelly both got 3 stars on the Arsenal side, as did Gunners gaffer Mikel Arteta.

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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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Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs Bayern Munich 2025 Lineups, Champions League Timeline & Player Ratings | LEV BAY 0-2

Here is a look at the Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs FC Bayern Munich starting lineups as well as the LEV FCB Bild newspaper player ratings and timeline from their Champions League Round of 16 Second Leg clash on March 11, 2025 at the Bay Arena.

Bayern Munchen beat Bayer 04 2-0 to win the tie 5-0 on aggregate and progress to the quarterfinals, where they will meet Inter Milan.

Leverkusen-Bayern 0-2 Match Timeline UCL Round of 16 2025 March

LEV 0-1 BAY Harry Kane goal 52′
LEV 0-2 BAY Alphonso Davies goal 71′

Bayer Leverkusen vs Bayern Munchen 0-2 Player Ratings Champions League (Bild)

(German rating system, so 6 is very bad and 1 is very good)

Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs Bayern Munich 2025 Champions League Player Ratings

According to Bild, Kane and Upamecano were Bayern’s best players against Leverkusen in their Champions League match

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