Jamie Carragher also admitted Raya is becoming a massive problem for Mikel Arteta.
Arsenal legend Thierry Henry gives his opinion on the current Arsenal goalkeeper situation after David Raya’s poor performance against Luton Town.
Arsenal are dealing with the trouble between Ramasdale and David Raya. Declan Rice saved the Gunners with a stoppage-time winner at Kenilworth Road on Tuesday night.
Arsenal made a comeback yesterday against Luton Town. It was Declan Rice who netted the winner in the injury time. The summer signing of Gunners helped them to strengthen their top spot in Premier League.
Apart from the crucial win, Raya has been on radar of few experts. He has been criticised before for his poor goalkeeping. Raya should have kept out two of Luton Town’s goals.
Raya joined Arsenal on loan in the summer from Brentford and they are expected to make this deal permanent in 2024 for £27m. Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher admitted Raya is becoming a “massive problem” for Mikel Arteta.
The 28-year-old preferred ober Aaron Ramsdale who kept a clean sheet in their 1-0 win over Brentford before the international break.
Henry said on Raya via Amazon Prime, “Yeah the corner and the goal of Ross Barkley…”
“But I’m going to play the devil’s advocate, I watched the Brentford game. Ramsdale made two mistakes and didn’t get punished. So that was only his luck.
“I don’t know if you remember. There was a missed pass, the ball, and Declan Rice saved it on the line. Afterwards, he wanted to throw the ball, it bounced above the head of the striker.”
Regarding Raya’s technique, Henry thinks the goalkeeper would have been better off attempting to save Barkley’s shot with his feet.
“So many times, go with the closest part of your body to the ball, which is your foot,” Henry added.
“(David) De Gea, Nick Pope does it, Peter Schmeichel used to do it – by the time you go down there, how are you going to save that? The ball is going to his feet and by the time he goes down here, if you stay, the ball is going to your feet easily.
“But if you take it away, the ball will go under. It’s an awkward way of stopping it.
“If he stands his ground like Peter Schmeichel and De Gea used to do, they used to save that with their feet all day every day. It’s easy for me to talk because I was not a goalkeeper, but if you stay, he saves that.”
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