David Raya

[JJ12]

I’d never noticed it but I was having a back and forth with one of my mates who supports Arsenal, and as soon as it went to pens he said Raya was awful at pens and wouldn’t save any. Not sure it was pessimism or whether he’s just always that shit

To be fair I told my Arsenal mate to shoot on sight because Altay is dross. He was brilliant yesterday.

 

[Himannv]

He moves a fraction too early. Anyone delaying their shot will be able to adjust and put it past him. Not saying we necessarily exploited this last night, but it does look like a weakness.

 

[dogwithabone]

He moves a fraction too early. Anyone delaying their shot will be able to adjust and put it past him. Not saying we necessarily exploited this last night, but it does look like a weakness.

I’ve watched those penalties back and yes he does go a touch early but I’m unsure he goes early enough for the taker to change his direction in most cases. I assume Zirkzee did pick up on this because his wasn’t a great penalty if that’s where he’s decided to put it irrespective of Reya going early. Yoro on the other hand was a superb spot kick but you wonder why he went so close to the post if Reya going early helped him ?

 

[Big Andy]

He's been pretty good for them but his attempt at lisandro's penalty was something else.

He is like me controlling the goalie on FIFA.

 

[Oranges038]

He's been pretty good for them but his attempt at lisandro's penalty was something else.

Probably thought he was going to smash it, he
Looked like he was just jumping out if the way in case he got hit.

 

[Remember the geese]

Was a wonderful feeling being behind the goal for those pens. You just knew that he wasn't going to save any. Almost felt like all of us behind the goal knew that we had won before the result was official.

 

[Himannv]

I’ve watched those penalties back and yes he does go a touch early but I’m unsure he goes early enough for the taker to change his direction in most cases. I assume Zirkzee did pick up on this because his wasn’t a great penalty if that’s where he’s decided to put it irrespective of Reya going early. Yoro on the other hand was a superb spot kick but you wonder why he went so close to the post if Reya going early helped him ?

Yeah, I don't know if most of our players picked up on it, but I think they had some instruction from the coaching staff on which side to potentially target. They likely did some level of research.