Martin Odegaard scored his first objective of the season to assist Arsenal beat Brighton and regain their place on the prime of the Premier League – however it was their goalkeeper who produced the second of the match.
With the Gunners holding on to a slender 2-1 lead within the remaining quarter-hour at a nervy Emirates Stadium, Brighton substitute Yankuba Minteh’s good curling strike from the sting of the field seemed destined for the highest nook.
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Step ahead David Raya.
The Spain worldwide one way or the other produced an unbelievable piece of athleticism to tip the ball over the bar and stop Brighton from coming two objectives right down to stage.
“It was sensational,” Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta informed Sky Sports activities. “I had an amazing angle on it.
“That is what we’d like from gamers, we’d like these performances in the important thing moments.”
Former England captain Alan Shearer, working as a pundit for Match of the Day, described the save as “among the best you will see all season”.
“You see all of the Arsenal gamers would have gone straight to Raya to thank him for it as a result of it was an enormous save at such an essential stage of the sport,” ex-Republic of Eire midfielder Andy Reid added on BBC Radio 5 Dwell.
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Arsenal had dominated massive components of the match, registering 15 pictures and limiting Brighton to none through the first half.
Arteta mentioned that the “margin ought to have been a lot greater” and that “it ought to by no means be 2-1” with the quantity of probabilities that the Gunners created.
“That turned out to be much more troublesome for Arsenal than it ought to have been,” added Shearer.
“They received enormous success behind each Brighton wing-backs within the first half with Bukayo Saka and Leandro Trossard inflicting all types of injury.
“However Brighton modified issues at half-time with a double substitution. As quickly as they received their objective Arsenal have been immediately below strain from nowhere.”
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Arsenal ‘surviving’ harm exams – Arteta
Arsenal’s victory over Brighton felt like a match that had been performed a number of instances already this season.
The Gunners dominated play, missed probabilities and needed to cope with accidents to key gamers – one thing that has examined their squad because the opening match of the marketing campaign, with ahead Kai Havertz lacking with a knee harm since then.
On Saturday, Arsenal have been with out the injured Jurrien Timber and misplaced Riccardo Calafiori within the warm-up, that means left-back Myles Lewis-Skelly stepped into the beginning line-up at brief discover.
There was some excellent news, with centre-back Gabriel returning as a second-half substitute following his harm lay-off.
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Arteta mentioned his aspect have been “surviving” the challenges thrown at them for six months and the accidents to key gamers are “uniting” the squad.
“In the meanwhile we survived six months, so let’s have a look at, there’s one other 5 and a half to go, so hopefully issues will get higher,” he mentioned.
“The excellent news as properly, we have got Gabi [Gabriel] sooner than anticipated, which is nice.”
That is the second week in a row the place Manchester Metropolis have performed earlier than Arsenal and gone prime of the Premier League, with the Gunners having to reply.
However Arteta says his squad are relishing the problem they face as they attempt to win the Premier League for the primary time since 2004.
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“We will solely management what we do. We’re doing numerous good issues that I feel that we now have to enhance as properly,” he mentioned, including that enjoying “each three days goes to be a problem and we’re up for it”.