Arsenal 0-0 Sporting Lisbon: 5 Hits and Flops

#4 Hit: Sokratis

Sokratis and Holding combined to force Sporting into strikes from range, or none at all

The Greece international made a successful return to action after a few weeks sidelined through injury, replicating his impressive defensive display to keep a clean sheet away from home in Portugal last month.

On that occasion, he was easily among the candidates for Man of the Match and the same could be said at the Emirates too, during a largely unspectacular game.

Distributed the ball well as usual, with the game's highest pass accuracy (95.2%). He also completed two tackles, a blocked shot and filled in with some important interventions whenever Sporting looked to exploit Stephan Lichtsteiner, who picked up an early yellow and couldn't dive into challenges.

Was assured and composed at the back, proving a welcome partner for Rob Holding - who too was impressive.