Thankfully, Arsenal were able to get the job done against Wolves. Goals from Leandro Trossard and Martin Odegaard sent the Gunners back to the top of the table. And the result opens the door for Arsenal to potentially go four points clear before Manchester City play again.
What has perhaps not been reflected upon enough is the fact that Arsenal have now kept six clean sheets in a row on their travels in the Premier League.
Obviously, Gabriel Magalhaes and William Saliba have been outstanding. But perhaps the displays of one of their teammates is going under the radar.
Speaking on The 2 Robbies, Robbie Earle claimed that David Raya has been so much better than many will give him credit for.
“David Raya is somebody who’s not appreciated in the Arsenal team. Let me tell you, he’s not appreciated. They’re defending so well because they’ve got the best centre-back pairing, they’ve got Declan Rice. They’ve got 13 clean sheets from the season, they’ve got six successive away clean sheets. Let me tell you what happens if Gomes’ goal goes in at 1-0 about 10 to 15 minutes before Arsenal score, it could’ve been a very different day for Arsenal. It could’ve been another disappointment,” he said.
“David Raya has had his moments. He’s maybe not had as many big moments as you would expect. But his consistency, his ability to play out from the back under pressure. He comes up with a couple of big saves when he needs to. I think he’s been quite under appreciated.
“We all loved Ramsdale. We all didn’t know what Mikel Arteta had done. He leads the golden glove by four clean sheets to the next keeper.
“Sneaky good, solid goalkeeping appointment for Arsenal.”
