Arsenal vs PSV Eindhoven player ratings: Xhaka 8, Vieira 5; Obispo 7, Til 4

Gunners go five points clear of Europa League Group A thanks to Xhaka's winner

ARSENAL RATINGS: Matt Turner - 6, Didn’t have much to do but looked comfortable whenever he was required, getting down well to deal with Xavi Simons’ shot. Did well to stop Noni Madueke’s deflected shot from going out for a corner. Getty

Takehiro Tomiyasu - 8, Dealt with Cody Gakpo well throughout the game and delivered the cross that allowed Granit Xhaka to score the game’s only goal. Getty Images

Rob Holding - 6, Cut out Philipp Max’s cross attempt well but had a couple of sloppy moments in a game that was fairly simple for him. Getty Images

Gabriel Magalhaes - 7, Did well to deal with some of PSV’s crosses and played a great attempted pass to Jesus. Was unlucky not to score after reaching a couple of corner deliveries. Getty

Kieran Tierney - 6, Was a threat down the left but hit a wild effort. Struggled a little bit defensively at times, especially when Madueke came on, getting booked for a cynical foul on the winger. Reuters

Albert Sambi Lokonga - 5, Did the basics well most of the time but played an awful pass when Arsenal were building up a promising move. Needed to show more conviction in his play at times, notably when Andre Ramalho’s poor pass landed at his feet. AFP

Granit Xhaka - 8, Showed real incisiveness with some of his passing but shot wide from a golden opportunity. Booked for a heavy challenge on Simons. Eventually provided the finish to break the deadlock for the Gunners. PA

Bukayo Saka - 7, Was a constant threat and showed quality with his passing, crossing and dribbling – even if none of those resulted in him getting a goal or assist as he was denied by Walter Benitez after breaking through on goal. EPA

Fabio Vieira - 5, Had a very slow start but showed inventiveness in his play once he got going in the first half. Faded again in the second period and some of his set-pieces were very disappointing. Reuters

Eddie Nketiah - 6, Saw a lot of the ball in the early stages and made good bursts forward. Tried to find Jesus when he could have had a shot and couldn’t quite hit the target after a great run. PA

Gabriel Jesus - 6, Provided some brilliant touches to set up a chance for Xhaka, then dragged his shot wide after finding space well. Couldn’t get enough power on his shot to beat Benitez. Getty Images

SUBS: Thomas Partey (Lokonga, 67’) - 6, Was composed on the ball, including when he took his time with his pass in the build-up to the goal. Reuters

Martin Odegaard (Vieira, 67’) - 6, Played a perfectly-weighted pass that allowed Tomiyasu to deliver the cross for Xhaka’s goal. Booked for a cynical foul on Simons. Getty Images

Gabriel Martinelli (Jesus, 76’) – N/R, Worked space well before hitting a strike that forced a good save from Benitez. AFP

Ben White (Tomiyasu, 76’) – N/R, Hit an air shot after getting into the PSV box but was comfortable in the rest of his play. Reuters

Reiss Nelson (Saka, 85’) – N/R, Touched the ball down well and showed intelligence to keep possession. AFP

PSV RATINGS: Walter Benitez - 6, Played a poor pass to concede a throw early on but largely did well with anything that came his way after that. Stood up well to deny Saka and Jesus on separate occasions but had no chance of stopping the goal. EPA

Philipp Mwene - 7, Was tested defensively from the very beginning but stood up to the challenge well. Reuters

Andre Ramalho - 6, Had a slow start as he was indecisive when Tierney crossed but recovered to stop Xhaka’s cutback. After that, he put in a solid display and brilliantly cut out Nketiah’s pass, although he did get away with a shocking pass that went straight to Lokonga. AFP

Armando Obispo - 7, Passed the ball well throughout and helped Max deal with Saka, notably blocking the winger’s shot after he had danced his way into the box. Made a poor tackle that allowed Saka to get behind him but then made a great block to deny Nketiah. EPA

Philipp Max - 4, Struggled to deal with Saka and was often beaten too easily. Reuters

Ibrahim Sangare - 5, Was comfortable in possession but overhit his pass to Guus Til. Was overpowered by Gabriel when dealing with a corner but stopped the Brazilian’s header moments later. Reuters

Erick Gutierrez - 6, Played a nice pass through the lines to Sangare and did the basics well. Intercepted a pass on the edge of his box. Booked for a late challenge on Jesus. AFP

Xavi Simons - 6, Looked like he was limiting himself at times even though he still offered glimpses of his talent. Drove forward well but couldn’t get his shot on target, then tempted Xhaka into the challenge that got him booked. AP Photo

Joey Veerman - 5, Tried to make things happen, playing the pass that got Mwene running forward to cross for Simons. Got away with losing possession in a dangerous area as he wanted too much time on the ball on occasions in the second half. EPA

Cody Gakpo - 6, Didn’t put his stamp on the game as much as he would have liked but had some nice moments, including slipping the ball through to Max with an inventive pass. Reuters

Guus Til - 4, Struggled to have any real impact on the game and his hold-up play was far too weak. Getty Images

SUBS: Noni Madueke (Til, 65’) - 6, Did well to get inside Tierney but Gabriel’s block took the pace off his shot. His direct running also made life uncomfortable for Tierney. EPA

Jordan Teze (Max, 66’) - 5, Made a brilliant run forward but wasted the opportunity to pick out Luuk De Jong. Getty Images

Luuk de Jong (Veerman, 78’) – N/R, Was left in disbelief when Teze didn’t find him as the substitute didn’t get any other opportunities. Provided some good flicks and link-up play. EPA

Richard Ledezma (Simons, 91’) – N/R, Wasn’t given enough time to make any notable difference. Getty Images

Granit Xhaka's second-half winner secured Arsenal a 1-0 victory over PSV Eindhoven at the Emirates Stadium and a place in the Europa League knockout phase on Thursday.

Mikel Arteta's men moved five points clear of PSV at the top of Group A in a rescheduled game which was postponed last month following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

The two sides meet again in a week's time, when a point for Arsenal would be enough to wrap up top spot and qualification directly into the last 16.

"I'm so happy to score. I don't know when I scored for the last time with the right foot but so happy," Xhaka told BT Sport.

"It doesn't matter which foot, or who scores. It gives us confidence and on to the next one."

A fourth victory in as many games in Europe means Arsenal have won 13 of their 14 matches in all competitions this season.

"Everything is going well at the moment but for us it is not a surprise, we're doing a lot of work," added Xhaka.

"We win and lose as a team and at the moment we are very dangerous. We wanted to go through and are very happy."