One Nil to the Arsenal - Arsenal 1 Steaua Bucharest 0

here are some brief player ratings from Arsenal's uninspiring 1-0 away champions league win today (9th win in a row). Manuel Almunia - 6.0 - a bit shaky but kept the clean sheet Bacary Sagna - 7.5 - gave up nothing defensively but didn't get forward a whole lot Gael Clichy - 6.0 - good defensively for the most part but had 1 or 2 lapses, dangerous as always going forward but his crosses were terrrrrible Kolo Toure - 8.0 - a rock as usual, great heads up play to get back and make a back save when Almunia came too far off his line Phillipe Senderos - 8.5 - played great today, probably because Steaua is a physical team that tries to attack through the air, Phil's strength. I'll have more confidence when he plays this well against a team with some speedy strikers who like to run at the defense. Emmanuel Eboue - 3.0 - man he played really poorly, gotta trust Wenger but he still hasn't shown much as a winger Alexander Hleb - 8.0 - vital player, in the middle of every attack and man is he good on the ball Cesc Fabregas - 5.0 - another uninspired performance especially with the high standards he's set this year Mathieu Flamini - 7.0 - played well again Emmanuel Adebayor - 7.0 - started off poorly but ran hard and eventually set up the goal Robin van Persie - 7.5 - only had one real chance all game and buried it Well there's back to back 1-0 away wins for Arsenal, the type of games I'm convinced they would've drawn or even lost last season. Up next are Sunderland and Bolton at home, obviously anything less than 6 points from those 2 matches would be a huge disappointment.