Mikel Arteta has praised David Raya for the way the goalkeeper reacted to his embarrassing mistake in Arsenal's 3-2 win over local rivals Tottenham....
The Gunners entered the match with great enthusiasm and seemed like they would have an easy victory the second time. Hojbjerg, Saka, Havertz helped Arsenal score 3 goals in the first half. But in the second half the home team rose up, making it extremely difficult for Mikel Arteta's army and one of the reasons why the Gunners were in a difficult position must be mentioned. Raya's silly mistake.
William Saliba passed the ball back to Raya, the Spanish player lacked observation and sent the ball straight to Raya's position. Cristian Romero inexplicably, the Argentinian star made no mistake and helped Tottenham clear the deadlock.
This is the first time Raya has conceded net on the deckn visitors after more than 10 hours and the Arsenal goalkeeper was clearly angry with himself for giving his opponents a glimmer of hope. The Gunners had to try to hold on after Son Heung-min's penalty and eventually won 3-2 in the end.
After the match Arteta said: "It was a really emotional match. A very difficult place to be in, obviously an incredible atmosphere in the stadium and a great team to play against." p>
"When the score is 3-0, you control the match. We went into the second half and controlled the game and created many chances and then, yes, one isolated error happened. But I think we've started to handle the situation better."
"Tottenham have really good players for them moving forward. We had to work hard, endure, react and I'm very satisfied with how my team did."
When asked about Raya's error, Arteta replied: "It's part of football. It's a series of matches, I don't like it, I don't like the principles they follow." I apply in that moment. Then the disadvantage can happen, you misjudge the situation, you try to pass but fail and they score to take advantage of that."
"Penalties in the box are difficult to avoid. It's part of football. What I love is that David made that mistake and He then impressed in the final 20 to 25 minutes of the gameis what I love about our players."
The win against Tottenham helped Arsenal get 80 points and continue in the championship race Premier League.
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