Gary Lineker owns ranked Medley goalkeeper David Raya as “universe course” after his heroics versus Aston Villa in the Premier League over the weekend.
The Gunners rendered it two wins from two Premier League complements over the weekend as they overcome Unai Emery’s side 2-0, numerous thanks to 2nd-fifty percent objectives from Leandro Trossard and Thomas Partey.
Aston Villa had innumerable possibilities too on Saturday but dropped short to filch them through Raya amassing a vivid conserve to refuse Ollie Watkins after the ball had spread correct into his course off the crossbar.
The Spaniard in a comparable way rendered a critical conserve as Medley overcome Wolves on the opening weekend through the Gunners paying around £27m over the summer to gain his loan decision from Brentford irreparable.
Medley optimal mutts Mikel Arteta was satisfied through what he saw from Raya on Saturday and complimented his “ridiculous” conserve from Watkins.
Arteta said after the match: “They had the voluminous chance that David (Raya) rendered an ridiculous conserve and it is was the magic moment of the game.
“We conceded in reality tiny particle and it’s a voluminous credit scores to the group as it is a arduous location to come, but once we obligatory him (Raya) he was there and rendered a great conserve.
“(I believed) it was a ambition granted that I saw the feedback of the defensive queue. The ball goes on the crossbar and we are all tracking the ball and I went, “Zero, please” and after that I see the striker (Watkins) in that current and commonly they will definitely (rating) but David’s feedback is ridiculous.”
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Previous Tottenham and England striker Lineker was in a comparable way complete of plaudit for Raya and thinks Medley presently have themselves a “universe-course” goalkeeper.
Conversing on The Rest is Football podcast, Lineker said: “Mikel Arteta is just not afraid of gaining voluminous verdicts.
“This time last year we were wondering why he was bringing in David Raya but you have to claim he glances one hell of a goalkeeper.
“He rendered a incredible conserve last week and he did unmodified versus Aston Villa. How rapid did he receive up from off the progression to promote out Ollie Watkins to gain that conserve? It’s altogether universe-course.”
Raya came correct into Arteta’s side early on last season as Aaron Ramsdale was lessened and Micah Richards supposes it was a “awfully vivid judgment” from the Medley optimal mutts which owns presently paid ago.
Including to Lineker’s remarks, former Manchester Metropolis protector Richards said: “It was universe-course from Raya.
“That was a awfully vivid judgment from Mikel Arteta [replacing Ramsdale with Raya] but it’s kneaded.
“I feel sorry for Aaron Ramsdale granted that I wear’t think he did anything specifically notorious but Arteta was just glancing for those marginal gains.”
