Roy Keane lauded David Raya for his superb save to disclaim Noussair Mazraoui and help Arsenal earn some extent against Manchester United.
Declan Rice’s second-half strike cancelled out Bruno Fernandes’ first-half free-kick because the Gunners dropped more points within the Premier League title race at Old Trafford.
Mikel Arteta’s side now trail runaway leaders Liverpool by 15 points however it might have been much worse for the visitors who afforded United two golden opportunities to win the sport within the second half.
Mazraoui’s surging run into the box to fulfill Diogo Dalot’s cross must have been rewarded with a goal, but Raya did superbly to tip the ball across the post along with his foot from close range.
And the Spaniard got here to the rescue again in injury time when he made an excellent double save to disclaim Fernandes, scampering back to his feet to palm the ball away because it spinning over the road.
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Discussing Raya’s late stop to disclaim Fernandes, Keane told Sky Sports: ‘His run is only a bit straight from Bruno when he’s running onto it.
‘We all know his technique is good but when he’s coming onto it it just looks a bit straight.
‘He’s attempting to get his body around it but he just gives enough time for the defenders to get across and the goalkeeper to make a very essential save.’
Nevertheless, the previous United captain reserved special praise when discussing Raya’s save to stop Mazraoui’s effort which could have put United 2-0 up early within the second half.
‘It’s an awesome ball in, you’re pondering just hit the goal hard and low,’ Keane added.
‘He does all the pieces right but you will have to say that could be a world-class, absolutely good.
‘You possibly can be critical possibly for the goal but that was a implausible save.’
Discussing the remaining of Arsenal’s performance, nevertheless, Keane was lower than enthused with what proved to be one other blunt attacking display from the north London side.
‘You’ve got to have innovative, innovative could be very essential,’ he said. ‘Forget Liverpool, be more fearful concerning the teams coming up behind you.
‘They scored seven within the week, but they didn’t have any swagger about it today. United have been dreadful all season, I can be Arsenal’s mentality. You have to smell United were here for the taking.
‘They weren’t streetwise. The subsequent step is all the time the toughest one. When you’re playing for Arsenal what good is second to you?’
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