{"id":33102,"date":"2024-09-21T03:43:58","date_gmt":"2024-09-21T00:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=33102"},"modified":"2024-09-21T03:43:58","modified_gmt":"2024-09-21T00:43:58","slug":"rayas-double-save-rescues-arsenal-in-champions-league-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/21\/rayas-double-save-rescues-arsenal-in-champions-league-draw\/","title":{"rendered":"Raya\u2019s Double Save Rescues Arsenal in Champions League Draw\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The first save was great. The second was even better.<\/div>\n
David Raya came to Arsenal\u2019s rescue in the Champions League on Thursday with a double save from a penalty that was celebrated by his teammates as wildly as a goal being scored.<\/div>\n
It preserved a 0-0 draw with Atalanta in the opening round of matches in the revamped tournament, and provided a further demonstration of the shot-stopping qualities of a goalkeeper more renowned for his ability with the ball at his feet.<\/div>\n
The Spain international dived to his right to block the 51st-minute spot kick taken by Mateo Retegui, after Thomas Partey tripped Ederson. Raya quickly got to his feet, scrambled across his line and then used his left arm to claw away a header from Retegui off the goal line after the ball had rebounded out to the Italy striker.<\/div>\n
\u201cI was lucky to go the right way and save it,\u201d Raya said. \u201cI was unlucky to put the rebound straight to him but I was quick enough to get up and save the rebound. It is fantastic to be able to keep the clean sheet and to help the team at least get a point.\u201d<\/div>\n
Raya gave a big roar and was mobbed by Arsenal\u2019s players in the goalmouth. The goalkeeper performed a similar scrambling save on the goal line in the Premier League this season at Aston Villa to deny Ollie Watkins, before Arsenal went on to score twice in the second half for a 2-0 win.<\/div>\n
There were no late goals this time for Mikel Arteta\u2019s team, whose creativity and attacking spark has been hit by an ankle injury sustained by captain Martin Odegaard while playing for Norway during the recent international break.<\/div>\n
Odegaard has \u201csignificant\u201d ankle ligament damage that will keep him out of action for \u201ca while,\u201d Arteta said before the Atalanta game.<\/div>\n
Without its attacking midfielder, Arsenal underwhelmed before grabbing a goal from a corner in a 1-0 win over north London rival Tottenham on Sunday and was kept goalless by Atalanta, managing only two shots on target in Bergamo.<\/div>\n
Manchester City is up next for Arsenal on Sunday in a meeting between the two favorites for the Premier League title.<\/div>\n
With its attacking strength damaged, Arsenal might have to rely on a strong defensive performance to keep City at bay \u2014 like the team did last season in a 0-0 draw at Etihad Stadium.<\/div>\n
With Raya in such great form, it could happen again.<\/div>\n
\u201cI\u2019m in a good way now,\u201d said Raya, who joined Arsenal from Brentford at the start of last season and took the goalkeeper jersey from Aaron Ramsdale in a big call by Arteta. \u201cI have things to improve, as always, but of course I\u2019m in a good place right now.\u201d<\/div>\n
Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice said Raya has \u201cgone to the next level.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cThere was massive pressure on him,\u201d Rice said. \u201cHe was our No. 1 last season and obviously now he is fully No. 1 \u2014 there are no questions about that anymore. He\u2019s really focused and that\u2019s three games this season he has made crucial saves for us.\u201d<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sudan Events – Agencies\u00a0 The first save was great. The second was even better. David Raya came to Arsenal\u2019s rescue in the Champions League on Thursday with a double save from a penalty that was celebrated by his teammates as wildly as a goal being scored. It preserved a 0-0 draw with Atalanta in the …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33102"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33107,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33102\/revisions\/33107"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}