NUFC player ratings vs Arsenal - Two 7's, a few 6's, several 3's, 4's and 5's + one awful 2

Another week goes by and another week without a win.

This season has been incredibly weird, with the off field excitement completely at odds with the poor football served up on the pitch.

Eddie Howe will probably have some regrets about the defensive approach, but until his predecessor, I have faith in him to learn from the defeat. The next week is huge. Anything other than six points and we are heading for the Championship.

Below we rate the performance of each player:

Martin Dubravka - 7 - This was the best performance we have seen from a goalkeeper this season. We have missed his quality and his organisational skills at the back. He made some great saves and had excellent control of his area.

Emil Krafth - 4 - Like last week, it was difficult to see many positives in the defence. He is another of our centre back options that look short of quality at this level. The Swedish international really struggled with the pace and physicality of Nuno Tavares and was caught the wrong side of Saka for his goal.

Jamaal Lascelles - 3 - Will now be suspended for the match against Norwich City after another clueless yellow card. Lascelles really doesn't look like the player he once was. On the ball, he is a liability at times. Maybe his one match suspension isn't the worst thing.

Fabian Schar - 5 - He was the best of the three centre backs, but that is like being the best lookout on the Titanic. His passing was good and his ball through to Allan Saint-Maximin near the end of the match shows why he needs to play.

Ryan Fraser - 6 - I saw a lot of good things from Fraser. He is slowly getting to the level we need him to be at. Out of possession, he shows more awareness than others in the team. On the ball, he is very intelligent. He wasn't great, but there were positive signs.

Jonjo Shelvey - 7.5 - He was our best player today. Shelvey has a lot of confidence at the moment and he offered our biggest threat on the ball. That is a worry, as we need the attackers to carry more of a threat away from him. He was unlucky not to score.

Joe Willock - 5 - It wasn't his best performance and there were some poor decisions with the ball at times. However, he was the only player trying to disrupt Arsenal.

Matt Ritchie - 2 - This was a car crash of a performance and not for the first time this season. He was run ragged by Bukayo Saka and he offered little with the ball. His positioning to play Gabriel Martinelli onside for Arsenal's second was unforgivable. I hope to never see him at wing back again. Jamal Lewis doesn't have to be very good on Tuesday to offer a huge improvement.

Joelinton - 4 - It wasn't a very good day for Joelinton after a great showing last weekend. He was pushed off the ball top easily and it wasn't a surprise to see him taken off early.

Callum Wilson - 5 - There was some excellent movement from Wilson today and he did cause problems for Arsenal. However, he failed to make his opportunities count.

Allan Saint-Maximin - 4 - A quiet afternoon for the Frenchman. He didn't get many opportunities to show his ability in the final third, while his defensive work needs to get better. There were a few times where he gave the ball away in our half. He needs to remove that from his game.

SUBS

Jacob Murphy - 6 - Alongside Almiron, he injected some pace and work rate to the team. He will be hoping to be recalled on Tuesday.

Miguel Almiron - 6 - He showed his quality in transition and the work rate he brings to the team. There is a chance he could be brought in to the team on Tuesday.

Isaac Hayden - N/A - Barely got a kick in the last few minutes so hard to give a rating.