David Raya made at least one stunning save as Arsenal secured a 2-0 win against Aston Villa this evening.
The Spaniard continues to justify the decision to sign him despite Aaron Ramsdale’s strong performances.
Raya kept the most clean sheets in the Premier League last season and is on track to do the same this campaign.
While Arsenal’s solid defence often contributes to his clean sheets, Raya was in outstanding form against Villa, and his save to deny Ollie Watkins could be considered one of the best of his career.
However, Raya believes it took more than just his saves for Arsenal to win the game, sharing credit with his teammates for their collective effort in securing the victory.
He said on the BBC:
“Everyone is a hero because we work together. It’s not just me saving the ball. It was a crucial moment in the game where it was 0-0 and they had chances and I was there to save Ollie’s [Watkins] header.”
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Raya is such a fantastic goalkeeper who fills us with confidence even when our defence is breached.
The Spaniard deserves all the praise he is getting, and hopefully, he will remain consistently good.
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“Arsenal’s solid defence often contributes to his clean sheets” Gee, ya think? Clean sheets increased from ’22/’23 to ’23/’24 but Saves decreased 44% from ’22/’23 to ’23/’24. imo, he’s had his best two performances in an Arsenal shirt to start the season. Hopefully it will again be less needed this season.
What an eye catching performance by the Spanish International.
The gaffer is looking like a genius again, no wonder one fan thinks he’s sone kind of a magician.
That reaction save is sublime and was massive in the scheme of things
Ollie Watkins couldn’t believe he didn’t score so too were the thousands of screaming faithfuls.
He now played a key role in ensuring that we secure our second win on the bounce this campaign, now surely the gaffer is vindicated.
That got to be the turning point of the match
Secret agent Watkins on the payroll, hahaha…
It’s the kind of save that often helps to determine the outcome of games and it did here when the game was goalless. Well done, Raya.
…and it also proves that you can’t necessarilly rely on an “elite striker” to win you games.
Class save by Raya, give him his flowers.
Also Saliba tracking back and making a top class tackle in our box to keep that clean sheet.
I love the pride Gabriel and Saliba show in their defending and clean sheets; sometimes as good as a goal for us.