With Aaron Ramsdale returning in goal for Arsenal vs Brentford on Saturday, Sky Sports analyses David Raya's season so far for the Gunners...
It was the debate that dominated the start of Arsenal's season - David Raya or Aaron Ramsdale in goal? Fan favourite Ramsdale was named in the Premier League Team of the Season last term, but Raya was the goalkeeper Mikel Arteta went for after the September international break. The debate emerges once again this weekend.
Arteta's team can then play just that little bit higher up the pitch, push their defenders towards the halfway line, move the likes of Declan Rice up to the edge of the opposition box in the high press and gain more dominance up the pitch. Arteta himself recognises that. 'What I like about David is what he does in goal,' he said last month. 'The things that he prevents us from, you don't even see because they don't happen, because he has anticipated them.