Arsenal player ratings: Declan Rice in rare no-show as he’s hauled off vs Everton but Lewis-Skelly continues to shine

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ARSENAL wasted their chance to capitalise on Liverpool dropping points as they were left frustrated by a resilient Everton.

Liverpool drew 2-2 to Fulham at Anfield – but it was an equally frustrating day for the Gunners as they failed to find a way through a park-the-bus effort from the Toffees.

Arsenal's Martin Ødegaard reacts after missing a scoring opportunity.

Arsenal failed to close the gap on Liverpool[/caption]

Jorginho and Ethan Nwaneri of Arsenal shaking hands after entering the game as substitutes.

Declan Rice was subbed off with 30 minutes remaining[/caption]

Myles Lewis-Skelly again started at left-back, while Martin Odegaard and Declan Rice were surprisingly hooked off just after the hour mark.

Here is how SunSport’s Jordan Davies rated the Arsenal players…

DAVID RAYA – 6/10

No save to make. Could have lounged in the dressing room for the majority of the 90 minutes.

MYLES LEWIS-SKELLY – 7

Started where he left off in midweek in the Champions League, picking up great pockets of space in midfield and linking defence to attack with pace and precision.

GABRIEL – 6

Incredible recovery tackle to deny Doucoure with Saliba down injured. Well marked at corners with Everton doubling up on the Brazilian.

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WILLIAM SALIBA – 6

Lucky not to see Everton take the lead when he was down and out of position, but other than that was fairly untroubled.

JURRIEN TIMBER – 5

Tried his best to insert some pace and urgency down the right-hand side but lacking in attacking areas.

DECLAN RICE – 5

A rare anonymous showing from the England international. Did not do enough to impose himself but for a few decent tackles. No shock to see him hooked after 62 minutes.

Pass map showing Declan Rice's 65 completed passes and 6 incomplete passes against Everton.

MIKEL MERINO – 6

Showed glimpses, but still needs to get up to speed with pace Arsenal want to play at through the middle.

MARTIN ODEGAARD – 6

Blazed over and dragged wide from two good early chances – missing his shooting boots in the first half just like against Monaco – and looked generally off it.

It was still a surprise to see him subbed off just after the hour mark for Nwaneri.

Shot map of Martin Ødegaard's 3 shots, 0 goals against Everton.

BUKAYO SAKA – 7

Had a field day up against Mykolenko as Everton struggled to contain his brilliant movement and strength on the ball, yet Pickford made save after save.

Got in the way of a free Havertz header towards the end.

GABRIEL MARTINELLI – 6

Lively, especially because he had the beating of Young with some darting runs that kept the 39-year-old busy and was denied by Pickford from a tight angle.

But yet again, was taken off for Trossard.