Arsenal’s reserve goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale reacted in disbelief to teammate David Raya’s amazing save after the Tottenham player’s shot.
Ramsdale used to be Arsenal’s official goalkeeper and contributed significantly to the second-place finish in the Premier League last season. However, he lost his starting position this season due to the appearance of rookie David Raya.
The Spanish goalkeeper was signed on loan from Brentford during the summer transfer window. Initially, many people thought that Raya would just be a backup plan for Ramsdale. However, Raya has won the starting spot in the last 3 matches.
And this decision was extremely reasonable considering Raya had just made an incredible save to deny Brennan Johnson a shot in the North London derby against Tottenham.
The situation took place in the 38th minute, Raya was standing near the left goalpost. Johnson received the ball from his teammate and finished the shot into the middle of the goal. It seemed like Raya wouldn’t be able to run back in time, but he could still lean forward to push the ball out.
Witnessing this situation, many fans at Emirates Stadium had to stand up. Even Ramsdale sitting on the bench was startled. The cameras recorded the English goalkeeper’s somewhat shocked expression.
In this match, Arsenal took a 1-0 lead when Cristian Romero scored an own goal after Bukayo Saka’s shot in the 26th minute. However, Spurs leveled the score thanks to Son Heung-min in the second minute. 42.
In the Spurs’ scoring situation, Raya couldn’t do anything else when Son came in too quickly and sent the ball toward the far post.