Atalanta 0-0 Arsenal: Raya marvel save earns Gunners a degree
Atalanta 0-0 Arsenal: Raya marvel save earns Gunners a degree


Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya secured his facet a hard-earned level with a sensational double save from a penalty as they drew 0-0 at Atalanta within the Champions League on Thursday.

Spaniard Raya dived low to his proper to beat away Mateo Retegui’s spot-kick within the 51st minute then sprang throughout his objective to claw away the ahead’s follow-up header.

That was essentially the most dramatic second of an in any other case tepid affair in Bergamo, as Mikel Arteta’s workforce produced a gritty away efficiency in opposition to the Europa League holders.

The closest Arsenal got here to scoring was a first-half free-kick by Bukayo Saka that was saved properly by Atalanta goalkeeper Marco Carnesecchi, whereas Gabriel Martinelli blasted over the crossbar to cap a uncommon Gunners assault after the break.

La Dea, in the meantime, went near taking all three factors when Juan Cuadrado despatched a curling effort narrowly broad of the far nook with 67 minutes on the clock.

Arsenal’s subsequent Champions League fixture is a heavyweight conflict with Paris Saint-Germain on October 1, whereas Atalanta go to Shakhtar Donetsk the next day.

Knowledge Debrief: Raya heroics key for Arsenal

In a sport the place Arsenal struggled going forwards, solely producing six makes an attempt at objective price 0.79 anticipated targets (xG), the Gunners wanted Raya to come back up trumps.

He grew to become simply the fourth Arsenal goalkeeper to save lots of a penalty within the Champions League, after Richard Wright, Jens Lehmann and Lukasz Fabianski (twice).

Together with shoot-outs, he has now stored out 4 of the final eight penalties he has confronted in all competitions, having conceded every of the earlier 19 he confronted.





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