Hull City put 2 past Arsenal at the Emirates to collect 3 points

It started promising for Arsenal; great passing football, a constant threat to score; but the first half ended goalless.

One of Theo Walcott's runs came off in the second half, and Cesc was there to tap it in, although it ended up being an own goal (it almost looked like Cesc got a touch). Both of Hull City's goals were great. The first was a long-range curler that nestled into the top corner. The second was an emphatic header from a corner kick, into the other top corner. It was against the odds for Hull City to take all 3 points, especially given the number of scoring chances Arsenal created, but Arsenal's finishing was poor, as were many of their final balls - those would-be assists.

Gallas - The knives will be out for him after his poor defending on Hull City's 2nd goal. He was too slow to react to track his man, who took advantage and headed the winner. Gallas hit the bar himself from a header. I had just written about how I like Gallas as a central defender, and I do, but he's struggling to defend set pieces. It looks like a lack of concentration. There's a fair argument to be made that he's not captain material. Being captain might be a distraction that's hurting his game (5).

Toure - Helped out going forward. Arsenal weren't tested a lot. It was pretty much 2 chances, 2 goals for Hull City (7).

Sagna - Rarely have I seen Arsenal have such a consistent game plan: Give it to Sagna to send in crosses from the right. The problem was that Hull City was quite effective at defending those crosses. I would have thought that the law of averages would work in Arsenal's favor, because Sagna's crosses were decent, curling away from the keeper, but Hull City handled all of them (7).

Clichy - Arsenal's right side were much stronger than Arsenal's left side. Clichy was a little bit below his usual level, perhaps. It would be nice to see him add a little bit of composure on the offensive end, and produce more clear goal-scoring chances (6).

Almunia - Let in two goals. They were well-taken goals (6).

Denilson - He was having a bad spell when Hull City scored their goals, giving the ball away. It was extraordinary how well Hull City did to capitalize on a couple mistakes, harsh even (5).

Cesc - Could have scored in the first half, but was great on the ball and great passing the ball, as always, and was ostensibly the goal-scorer for what I've seen credited as a McShane own goal (7).

Adebayor - Was really active in the first half when Arsenal were dominating. All those Sagna crosses were coming in for him, but Hull kept doing enough to hold him off (7).

Van Persie - Will probably have trouble sleeping having missed several chances to score. He does very well to get himself in a position to score. Barring injury, he's going to have a fantastic season (6).

Walcott - Did really well to create the goal, and almost did enough to create a few others. Didn't defend Geovanni for the opener (6).

Eboue - Poor composure to capitalize on potential goal-scoring opportunities. I'm not a big fan of his overall play (5).

Bendtner looked useful when he came on. Vela came on, but didn't see much of the ball.

Goodplaya writes that Hull City were applauded off the pitch. Well done to them. They've had a great start for a promoted side.