Brentford 1-3 Arsenal - 3 takeaways as Gunners begin new year in style

David Raya stoppeth and David Raya nearly giveth away

It was hardly the Gunners shot-stopper's finest game against Brentford, but my word, it could have been far, far worse.

After conceding early on as he was wrong-footed, a few moments later, Raya let a shot sting his palms, and seep through his hands as the ball bounced towards the goal.

But his diving effort to keep it out was a thing of beauty. Had that gone in, Arsenal would have been down 2-0 in the first half and who knows how the rest of the game would have transpired.

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