Positives & negatives from Arsenal's 1-1 draw with Man Utd

Positive #2: David Raya

Words can barely do justice to how well Raya performed in the clutch moments on a ground Arsenal have usually hated. If some soporific scribing won't help, how about a picture or two?

Try this one of Raya's double save that ended with him clawing away what should have been a winner for Fernandes in the dying seconds.

Being on the wrong end of yet another Fergie Time goal in Manchester would have stung. Thankfully, Raya said no.

This wasn't quite David Seaman against Paul Peschisolido at Old Trafford (look it up if you don't know, but you really should), but it was good enough. What's even more impressive is this might not have been Raya's best moment.

Perhaps that distinction can be reserved for stabbing his foot out to get a stud to a cross-shot from United's enterprising left-back Noussair Mazraoui. The touch was just enough to divert the ball away from goal.

Raya preserving a point earns him more credit than he gets. He's gone up levels, despite initially arriving at Arsenal as a virtual imposter, infringing on the territory of popular No. 1 Aaron Ramsdale.

Not only did Raya quickly and emphatically win that battle. He's since made Arsenal better and better at a position of strength.

Raya, like Rice, deserves better than the scant rewards the Gunners are getting during this "process."

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