Sheffield Wednesday vs Arsenal: Capital One Cup Player Ratings

Standard Sport assesses the individual performances from Arsenal's 3-0 defeat to Sheffield Wednesday in the fourth round of the Capital One Cup.
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Sam Long27 October 2015

Standard Sport assesses the individual performances from Arsenal's 3-0 defeat to Sheffield Wednesday in the fourth round of the Capital One Cup.

The signs that this would not be Arsenal's night were there from the very start.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain smashed a pass straight out of play with his first touch of the ball before he picked up a hamstring injury and had to be substituted.

The midfielder's replacement was Theo Walcott who also had to be withdrawn inside 20 minutes nursing a calf complaint.

Arsene Wenger had to call upon teenager Ismael Bennacer from the bench and all of a sudden the Gunners' side looked extremely inexperienced.

The hosts grew in confidence and took the lead when Ross Wallace swept the ball home past a motionless Petr Cech from the edge of the penalty area.

Lucas Joao headed home to put Wednesday two goals to the good prior to the break, which left the north Londoners with it all to do after the interval.

But matters got even worse after the break when Sam Hutchinson poked in past Petr Cech from close range to put the Championship side out of sight.

Arsenal looked bereft of confidence and ideas as they suffered an embarrassing exit at the hands of Carlos Carvalhal's team.

But did anyone emerge with credit at Hillsborough? And who under performed against lower level opposition?

Scroll through the gallery above to find out...

Arsenal: Cech, Debuchy, Chambers, Mertesacker, Gibbs, Flamini, Kamara, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Iwobi, Campbell, Giroud

Subs: Macey, Monreal, Gabriel, Bielik, Bennacer, Sheaf, Walcott

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