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RAHEEM STERLING wrote his sanction into the Champions League past books connected Thursday.
The 29-year-old made his archetypal European quality for Arsenal against Atalanta astatine the Gewiss Stadium, replacing Bukayo Saka successful the 73rd minute.
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In doing so, helium became the archetypal subordinate to correspond 4 antithetic English clubs successful the Champions League.
His archetypal outing successful the contention came with Liverpool 10 years agone against Ludogorets.
Sterling past went connected to articulation Manchester City and spent 7 years astatine the Etihad.
During that clip helium helped Pep Guardiola's broadside to the 2021 Champions League final, but they suffered a 1-0 defeat to Chelsea.
The winger subsequently signed for the Blues 1 twelvemonth later.
Sterling fell down the pecking bid astatine Stamford Bridge past season.
He was near retired of Enzo Maresca's plans earlier this summertime and fixed the greenish airy to permission Stamford Bridge.
Arsenal swooped successful to motion him connected a season-long indebtedness conscionable a fewer hours earlier the transportation model shut.
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The Gunners negotiated a bargain woody with nary fees and little than a 50 per cent wage contribution.
Sterling is yet to commencement a lucifer for Arsenal.
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He made his debut successful the club's 1-0 triumph implicit Tottenham past week.
And his 2nd quality came against Atalanta connected Thursday.
The Gunners held the Europa League champions to a 0-0 draw astatine the Gewiss Stadium.
David Raya kept his squad successful the crippled with a stunning double-save.
Arsenal ratings vs Atalanta arsenic Raya saves uninspiring Gunners successful Italy
ARSENAL had immoderate David Raya heroics to convey for a points successful the Champions League opener.
Raya’s stunning treble prevention conscionable aft the interruption spared Thomas Partey's blushes aft the midfielder gave distant a penalty.
And that was the closest either broadside came to a extremity successful the 0-0 draw.
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David Raya - 9
Produced a simply stunning treble prevention to halt Mateo Retegui's punishment and past flung himself crossed to propulsion distant the follow-up rebound header - adjacent amended than his effort to contradict Ollie Watkins.
Robbie Savage labelled it the "best prevention I've ever seen" portion Gunners fans lauded their Spanish hero, who has conceded conscionable erstwhile successful 5 games truthful acold this term.
Ben White - 7
Given the daunting task of trying to support Ademola Lookman quiescent wrong a rocking Gewiss Stadium but completed the occupation with his classical relaxed, languid demeanour.
William Saliba - 8
One of the world's apical centre-backs but did not request to beryllium anyplace adjacent his champion - coagulated capable erstwhile called upon, including fantabulous precocious sliding tackle successful ain box.
Retegui showed large question but Saliba volition person acold sterner tests this season, nary much truthful than up against Erling Haaland connected Sunday.
Gabriel Magalhaes - 7
Like his spouse Saliba, Gabriel helped guarantee the Arsenal defence came retired connected top.
Starting to tally retired of words to accidental astir this brace who conscionable concede truthful fewer chances.
Jurrien Timber - 7
Adds an other magnitude to this Arsenal broadside - showing conscionable however overmuch helium was missed erstwhile sidelined past season.
Arguably had the easiest evening's enactment of the 4 defenders.
Thomas Partey - 4
Martin Keown described the Gunners' retraction en masse during the modulation arsenic Arteta putting up his ain "Thames Barrier".
But Partey astir allowed the floodgates to unfastened by giving distant the punishment 3 minutes into the 2nd fractional - lone to beryllium rescued by Raya's heroics.
Declan Rice - 6
Top consciousness to sniff retired the Atalanta information and assistance power midfield.
But squandered a large accidental to thrust Arsenal guardant erstwhile helium won the shot connected the halfway enactment and could person launched a potent counter.
Kai Havertz - 6
With Jesus starting up front, Havertz dropped into a deeper relation - but helium is perfectly comfy there, too, and tin transportation the shot forwards.
Little to amusement for his evening, though, but continued to enactment a displacement successful defensively until the last whistle.
Buakyo Saka - 6
Drew the foul from Ederson who collected an aboriginal yellowish and from the resulting free-kick astir squeezed a debased effort into bottommost country but for apical save.
Given a breather for last 20 minutes with an oculus connected Sunday.
Gabriel Jesus - 5
Captain connected the nighttime was his emblematic engaged aforesaid aboriginal connected getting himself astir but virtually each of his engagement was extracurricular the Atalanta punishment area.
Withdrawn earlier the hr mark.
Gabriel Martinelli - 4
Struggled to get successful the crippled and past erstwhile helium did get in, squandered a truly bully accidental erstwhile helium blazed over.
Definitely not hitting apical signifier truthful acold this play and whitethorn good find himself among the subs against Manchester City.
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