Raya

comment by (U3265)
posted 5 hours, 18 minutes ago
30 seconds to go in a CL game where 0-0 would be a good result, all Raya needed to do was hold the ball so why pass it to Martinelli like that
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How do you hold the ball when it's passed back to you at pace?

Also, if you look at the angle of the shot from behind the ball, you see how much it whips outside of the post before bending back in.

Raya is not a great shot stopper, but he had no chance with that one.

comment by Tu Meke (U3732)
posted 9 hours, 13 minutes ago
comment by (U3265)
posted 5 hours, 18 minutes ago
30 seconds to go in a CL game where 0-0 would be a good result, all Raya needed to do was hold the ball so why pass it to Martinelli like that
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How do you hold the ball when it's passed back to you at pace?
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He was unchallenged when the ball came back to him so had time to look for a better outlet, or to hoof it up the field, with 30 seconds to go you dont mess about trying to be clever

comment by Tu Meke (U3732)
posted 9 hours, 14 minutes ago
Also, if you look at the angle of the shot from behind the ball, you see how much it whips outside of the post before bending back in.

Raya is not a great shot stopper, but he had no chance with that one.
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If he was in the correct starting position it would have been quite saveable

Funny thing about this discussion is last time we played in Portugal Ramsdale was beaten from the half way line...

https://twitter.com/footballontnt/status/1636479018672300034

Above all, Porto also deserve a lot of credit for insistently pressing Arsenal all over the pitch in the 93rd minute.

It's that pressure that leads to all of Gabriel, Martinelli, Rice and Raya making mistakes.

And out all of those, Raya's pass is perhaps the most excusable mistake of all. Trying to single him out for it in this instance is pure scapegoating.

comment by (U3265)
posted 6 hours, 5 minutes ago
comment by Tu Meke (U3732)
posted 9 hours, 13 minutes ago
comment by (U3265)
posted 5 hours, 18 minutes ago
30 seconds to go in a CL game where 0-0 would be a good result, all Raya needed to do was hold the ball so why pass it to Martinelli like that
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How do you hold the ball when it's passed back to you at pace?
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He was unchallenged when the ball came back to him so had time to look for a better outlet, or to hoof it up the field, with 30 seconds to go you dont mess about trying to be clever
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Honestly mate, you just come across as somebody who doesn't like Raya because he's displaced Ramsdale.

I'd understand if Ramsdale was a world class shot stopper, but he isn't. And Raya is better than him at the other aspects of the game.

I think Raya is too far out as well, but it would have required a great save because of the shape the strike had - it’s certainly not a clanger by Raya.

comment by Tu Meke (U3732)
posted 1 hour, 2 minutes ago
comment by (U3265)
posted 6 hours, 5 minutes ago
comment by Tu Meke (U3732)
posted 9 hours, 13 minutes ago
comment by (U3265)
posted 5 hours, 18 minutes ago
30 seconds to go in a CL game where 0-0 would be a good result, all Raya needed to do was hold the ball so why pass it to Martinelli like that
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How do you hold the ball when it's passed back to you at pace?
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He was unchallenged when the ball came back to him so had time to look for a better outlet, or to hoof it up the field, with 30 seconds to go you dont mess about trying to be clever
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Honestly mate, you just come across as somebody who doesn't like Raya because he's displaced Ramsdale.

I'd understand if Ramsdale was a world class shot stopper, but he isn't. And Raya is better than him at the other aspects of the game.
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The reason I dont like Raya is because I dont think he's as good overall as Ramsdale and is a mistake waiting to happen