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title: "Journalists say ‘quiet’ Coutinho was ‘non-existent’ v Arsenal"
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type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Crippy Cooke"
section: "Aston Villa News"
published: "2022-03-21T12:53:39Z"
modified: "2022-03-21T12:53:39Z"
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# Journalists say ‘quiet’ Coutinho was ‘non-existent’ v Arsenal

Aston Villa suffered their second consecutive Premier League defeat on Saturday afternoon, [losing 1-0 to Arsenal at home](https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2022/march/19/Aston-Villa-0-1-Arsenal/), and Philippe Coutinho put in another disappointing display.

The 29-year-old was quiet in Villa’s 2-1 defeat to West Ham United and didn’t set the place alight against the Gunners either, failing to score or make an assist in both games.

*Cole Pettem* of [7500 to Holte](https://7500toholte.sbnation.com/2022/3/19/22986344/player-ratings-aston-villa-0-1-arsenal) gave Coutinho a player rating 4/10 and said he was ‘basically invisible’ at Villa Park. *Matt Maher* of the [Express and Star](https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/football/aston-villa/2022/03/21/aston-villa-0-1-arsenal---player-ratings/) gave the Brazilian international a player rating of 5/10 and called his performance ‘quiet’. *Ashley Preece* of [Birmingham Live](https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/match-reports/aston-villa-player-ratings-arsenal-23442191) gave the playmaker 5/10 and said he was ‘non-existent’. *Tom Gott* of [90min](https://www.90min.com/posts/aston-villa-0-1-arsenal-player-ratings-saka-nets-arsenals-2000th-premier-league-goal-2021-22) gave Coutinho a player rating of 5/10 and said he was dropping too deep to get the ball which wasn’t helping.

[Against Arsenal](https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1549829/LiveStatistics/England-Premier-League-2021-2022-Aston-Villa-Arsenal), Coutinho played for 90 minutes, had 54 touches, completed 87.5% of his 40 passes, created one chance, had one shot which hit the target, whipped in four crosses with 50% finding a teammate, made two tackles, gave away one foul and made one interception.

Coutinho has been fantastic while on loan at Villa, scoring four goals with three assists in [10 Premier League appearances](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/philippe-coutinho/leistungsdaten/spieler/80444), but his last two performances have left a lot to be desired.

***[In other news, journalists say Jacob Ramsey ‘struggled’ v Arsenal](https://readastonvilla.com/2022/03/21/journalists-say-jacob-ramsey-struggled-v-arsenal/)***