Wolves 1, Arsenal 4: Bill Howell's player ratings and match stats
HENNESSEY 7
Excellent late saves to deny Arshavin and Eduardo but weak punch for fourth goal.
ZUBAR 6
Severely tested for first time, unfortunate with own goal as ball could have gone anywhere.
MAN OF THE MATCH: CRADDOCK 7
Goals at either end, he deserved his late consolation for manfully trying to stem the tide.
BERRA 6
At times he will have been wondering what day of the week it was.
STEARMAN 6
Brought back into the side and early signs were promising but, like all around him, he faded.
EDWARDS 6
Some very decent early touches but final ball disappointing.
HENRY 6
So impressive in recent weeks but caught cold in an over-run midfield.
CASTILLO 5
Unable to get a grip on the midfield and eventually replaced.
MILIJAS 6
Very encouraging start as he created chances for Ebanks-Blake and Berra but then disappeared.
DOYLE 7
Extremely bright start, he had Arsenal in trouble with his running but not a single chance.
EBANKS-BLAKE 6
An improvement on recent performances but he headed his one chance wide.
SUBSTITUTES:
Kightly (for Castillo, 65) still short of match sharpness 5
Jarvis (for Milijas, 74) put Craddock’s goal on a platter with fine delivery 6
Mancienne (for Edwards, 80)
Not used: Hahnemann, Keogh, Halford, Maierhofer.
ARSENAL (4-4-2): Almunia; Sagna, Gallas, Vermaelen, Gibbs; Ramsey, Diaby (Song, 24), Arshavin (Nasri, 75), Fabregas; Eduardo (Rosicky, 71), van Persie. Not used: Mannone, Senderos, Silvestre, Eboue.
BOOKINGS: Ebanks-Blake (deliberate handball, 27), Milijas (foul, 60) – Wolves. Gallas (foul, 10), Arshavin (foul, 40), Gibbs (foul, 59) – Arsenal.
CROWD WATCH 9
Sang in the South Bank until the bitter end and a cracking crowd of 28,937.
REF WATCH 7
S Bennett (Kent): Got his cards out when game threatened to boil over.
THE MANAGER 7
Mick McCarthy was right to leave out Elokobi and Kightly. Could he have changed things earlier? Not really, at three down the game was gone.
GAME RATING 8
Encouraging start by Wolves and then some fine football to feast your eyes upon.
INJURY WATCH
Nothing to report.
WHO’S NEXT UP FOR WOLVES?
Chelsea (a) Saturday November 21, 3pm.
