Declan Rice snatched a last-gasp winner for Arsenal against Luton Town in the Premier League to hand them a 4-3 victory which sees them take a five-point lead on top of the standings.
The Gunners currently have 36 points from 15 games while Liverpool are second on 31 points and defending champions Manchester City have 30 points. Both City and Liverpool have played one less game than Londoners.
Here are the talking points from Arsenal’s victory over Luton Town, which has been something of a banana peel team for the Gunners:
Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya is in the spotlight for the performance against Luton, primarily after letting in two goals that he could have kept out.
The pre-season recruit was at fault for Luton’s second and third goals. The mistakes came at a critical point too.
The first one came when Arsenal were leading 2-1 in the 49th minute. Off a corner kick from the right, Raya left his line but just did not leap as he was beaten in the air by Elijah Adebayo, who turned in his header for their equaliser.
Eight minutes later, a Ross Barkley shot from close range crept into the goal as the Spanish goalkeeper dived to his left.
With Raya taking over the goalkeeping duties from Aaron Ramsdale after joining on loan from Brentford there has been considerable questions about his decision-making.
Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta was asked about Raya’s performance.
“We have to defend better the situations as a team. There are certain things leading to the goals and it’s not about blaming, we have never done it, and we’re not going to do it now,” Arteta told reporters. “It’s about how the team reacts to that, because it’s going to happen, and I love that response.”
He added: “Today we conceded some goals that we are
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