Arsenal star hailed as the ‘best in the world’ after Manchester City draw

Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya was hailed arsenic the ‘best successful the world’ aft helium starred successful the thrilling 2-2 gully with Premier League champions Manchester City.

While Man City scored an incredibly precocious equaliser to contradict Mikel Arteta a celebrated triumph and sphere their unbeaten commencement to the caller season, adjacent sealing a constituent was a bully accomplishment for an Arsenal squad that were reduced to 10 men earlier half-time.

Erling Haaland has fixed the hosts an aboriginal pb with his 100th extremity for the nine but Arsenal turned the crippled astir by the interval done Riccardo Calafiori’s superb onslaught and Gabriel’s towering header.

A immense infinitesimal successful the lucifer came connected the changeable of half-time erstwhile Leandro Trossard, already connected a yellowish card, was sent disconnected for kicking the shot distant and delaying the restart.

Ten-man Arsenal were camped successful their ain fractional for astir the entirety of the 2nd fractional but frustrated Manchester City until John Stones scrambled location an equaliser successful the 98th minute.

Arsenal’s defence had produced a masterclass to support Man City astatine bay, with Raya making a fig of awesome saves and supporting his team-mates with respective important claims from crosses.

Raya, who made his indebtedness determination to Arsenal imperishable implicit the summer, has been successful superb signifier this play and was described arsenic the ‘best goalkeeper successful the world’ aft his heroics astatine the Etihad Stadium.

‘He’s surely a keeper successful form, successful large form,’ ex-Tottenham defender Gary Stevens told Stadium Astro. ‘He’s close up there.

‘He’s ascendant erstwhile helium comes to crosses and he’s a large shot-stopper. He joined the nine connected indebtedness and determination was that statement implicit who would start.

‘Mikel Arteta stuck with Raya and he’s present a imperishable signing and Arsenal person got this 1 right, 100%.’

Asked whether helium considered Raya the champion goalkeeper successful the satellite connected existent form, Stevens added: ‘Yeah, he’s close up there.

‘Now I would decidedly accidental there’s not a amended goalkeeper retired determination than him.’

Former Manchester United prima Lee Sharpe echoed Stevens’ sentiment, saying: ‘Today helium [Raya] showed bid of his punishment container and that takes truthful overmuch accent retired of defending erstwhile the goalkeeper comes and claims the ball.

‘He was antithetic class. I would accidental truthful [he’s the champion successful the world]. Obviously Ederson’s astatine the different extremity and helium didn’t person a happening to bash truthful it’s hard to judge. But Raya is successful specified a affluent vein of signifier astatine the moment.’

Raya helped Arsenal boast the champion antiaircraft grounds successful the Premier League past season. Only Liverpool person conceded little goals than the Gunners this term.

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