Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea: Player Ratings as Aubameyang lifts Gunners to glory | FA Cup Final 2020

Chelsea recorded a 2-1 at Wembley thanks to a brace from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. The Gabonese international enabled them to come back from a goal down after Christian Pulisic gave Chelsea an early lead.

Pulisic was set up by Olivier Giroud with a clever back-heel, as he drifted past Kieran Tierney before lobbing it over Emiliano Martinez in the Arsenal goal.

Aubameyang soon rushed on to a long pass from David Luiz and in behind Cesar Azpilicueta, before the Chelsea captain brought his Arsenal counterpart down. The Gabonese made no mistake with the penalty.

The winner came midway through the second half as Nicolas Pepe set up Aubameyang on the left flank, as he cut in and then turned Kurt Zouma inside out before lobbing it over the head of Willy Caballero in the Chelsea goal.

Here's how each player fared for both sides.

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Arsenal Player Ratings

Aubameyang was the matchwinner for Arsenal on the night

Emiliano Martinez - 6/10

Martinez made a super save in the early exchanges to deny Mason Mount a goal and was solid for most of the game. He had a moment in the second half where he would have had a heart in his mouth, as he picked up the ball just on the edge of the area, and was deemed to have not left his area.

Hector Bellerin - 7/10

Bellerin played a critical role in Arsenal's build-up to their eventual winner on the day with an amazing run, before the ball eventually broke for Pepe to set up Aubameyang for the winner. He also defended capably against Marcos Alonso throughout the game.

Rob Holding - 7/10

Holding couldn't really stop Mount in the build-up to Chelsea's goal, but he, like the rest of the Arsenal defence, recovered superbly from that misgiving to put in a superb display against Giroud and co.

David Luiz - 7/10

Luiz didn't cover himself in glory with his defending for Chelsea's goal, but he recovered well from that misgiving to put in a fabulous display against the aerial prowess of Giroud.

Kieran Tierney - 6/10

His tenacity in the tackle and ability to read the play before the attacker once again proved to be an asset. However, he was not too far tested, as most of Chelsea' play came down their left, on the opposite side to where Tierney was stationed.

Ainsley Maitland-Niles - 8/10

It was an outstanding display from Maitland-Niles, as he proved an able foil to Aubameyang down Arsenal's left. His overlapping runs down the flank ensured Aubameyang could easily move infield with gusto and eventually that proved to be where Arsenal won the game.

Granit Xhaka - 7/10

In the first 20 minutes, Xhaka struggled in midfield, as he couldn't deal with Chelsea's intensity and the numbers Chelsea were getting in the centre of the park, with Mount, James and Pulisic overloading the central area. But he grew into the game wonderfully well.

Dani Ceballos - 7/10

Like Xhaka, Ceballos himself only grew into the game after looking rather over-awed in the initial minutes. But he settled into the game after that and helped Arsenal build attacks from midfield.

Nicolas Pepe - 6/10

A whole lot of inconsistency within the game from Pepe, which has been the hallmark of his Arsenal career so far. But he troubled Rudiger with his pace and dribbling ability, and in the end, finished on the winning side.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - 10/10

Won the penalty, scored the penalty to equalise. Then, he won the final for Arsenal on his own with a moment of sheer quality. He picked up the ball on the left, cut inside, and then turned Zouma inside out, before a dink past Caballero.

2020 - the year of the Aubameyang Final in the FA Cup.

Alexandre Lacazette - 5/10

He was the poorest of the lot in the Arsenal front three, as he failed to make most balls stick with him and couldn't really link up with Aubameyang and Pepe. His skipper's brilliance, though, means that he left Wembley on the night, with an FA Cup winner's medal.

Substitutes

Nketiah was a second half substitute for Arsenal

Eddie Nketiah - 5/10

Much like Lacazette, he couldn't hold up the ball or link up too well with Aubameyang.

Sokratis Papasthatopoulos - 5/10

Came on to replace Luiz for the last few minutes of the game, but there was a whole lot of panic in the Arsenal rearguard at the time.

Sead Kolasinac - 5/10

He barely had a touch on the ball in the few minutes he got onto the pitch.

Chelsea Player Ratings

Pulisic scored Chelsea's only goal of the game

Willy Caballero - 6/10

Arsenal really didn't have a shot on goal apart from the goals that they scored, both of which Caballero had little chance to deal with.

Reece James - 5/10

James really couldn't defend Aubameyang well enough on the night, as he was caught high up the pitch a few times too often. Both Maitland-Niles and Aubameyang ensured that he couldn't get forward enough either, as he really didn't get into enough crossing positions at all.

Cesar Azpilicueta - 3/10

He was troubled by Aubemayang's runs into the space between him and James, and beyond. Eventually, He compounded his troubles by conceding the penalty that helped Arsenal equalise midway through the first half.

Soon after, his game was ended by what seemed to be a hamstring injury, in what was a personal game to forget, for the Chelsea skipper.

Kurt Zouma - 4/10

Zouma endured a torrid afternoon and was involved in the passage of play that led to the matchwinning goal. Aubameyang skipped past him with relative ease and dinked the ball into the back of the net, as the Frenchman had no answers to the Arsenal striker's brilliance.

Antonio Rudiger - 4/10

As the game wore on, Rudiger went on to be more and more troubled by Pepe. While Alonso got caught high up the pitch, the German was caught one-on-one against Pepe's pace and dribbling ability and didn't really cover himself in any glory.

Marcos Alonso - 5/10

Like James on the other side, he was caught high up the pitch far too often but with little to show in terms of his attacking end product.

Jorginho - 5/10

Started the game off really well, but Jorginho was eventually overpowered by Xhaka and Ceballos in the centre of the park and couldn't really influence play too much at all.

Mateo Kovacic - 4/10

Kovacic was really unlucky to see red in this game, as his tackle on Xhaka never really warranted a second yellow card. But even when he was in the game, he never managed to get the better of Ceballos and Xhaka in the Arsenal midfield.

Mason Mount - 6/10

Mount did provide Chelsea with a reasonable amount of thrust from the left flank, as he cut inside to link up with Giroud. But Chelsea were flat for the most part of it behind the front three, as they never built any rhythm in their play to enable Mount to cause problems in the final third.

Christian Pulisic - 8/10

The American superstar put in another fabulous display of his directness and dribbling ability before he was unlucky to have pulled his hamstring to be taken off just after half-time.

It was Pulisic who put Chelsea in the lead within the first five minutes, after a lovely bit of skill to take him past Tierney, and a neat finish past the on-rushing Martinez.

Olivier Giroud - 5/10

Giroud started the game in grand style, with his back-heel setting up Pulisic's finish for Chelsea's first. But after that, he was outstandingly marshalled by Holding and Luiz, as Arsenal didn't allow him to win his first header to link up with the rest of the Chelsea attackers.

Even when Giroud did win the first ball though, Arsenal blocked off the second ball effectively throughout the whole game.

Substitutes

Christensen replaced the injured Azpilicueta in the first half

Andreas Christensen - 4/10

A little unlucky in the build-up to the Arsenal winner, as he might have felt that Bellerin fouled him in the build-up. But that aside, his defending really didn't stand out.

Pedro - 5/10

Pedro's buzzing ability with his dribbling and pace kept the Arsenal defence on their toes. He will hope that he didn't do significant damage to his shoulder at the end of the game.

Tammy Abraham - 5/10

Came on late in the game, but didn't really have too many meaningful touches of the ball.

Callum Hudson-Odoi - 5/10

Like Abraham, he didn't have enough touches on the ball at all.

Ross Barkley - 5/10

Ditto as Abraham and Hudson-Odoi.