In a side chasing the Premier League and Champions League double, it is not often that their goalkeeper is in the conversation for player of the season.
But that is the case for the Gunners and Raya.
Arsenal have kept a clean sheet in 18 of their 36 league games this term, more than any other team in the Premier League.
And with his display against West Ham, Raya has secured the Golden Glove award in the Premier League for the third season in a row – with three games to go, he cannot be caught at the top of the rankings by any of the division’s other shot-stoppers.
Raya has kept 27 clean sheets in 49 appearances in all competitions this season and has been called the “best goalkeeper in the world” by his team-mates for his performances.
“He has helped us a lot this season,” said match-winner Trossard.
“You can see his quality and the amount of saves he can do, and different ones too. A lot of credit to him for keeping us in the game.”
That sentiment was backed up by Arteta, who could not say if Raya’s save to deny Fernandes was his best of the campaign because of the amount of impressive stops he has made.
“When you talk about magic moments, this is certainly one of the most needed moments as well to pull off with that save, it was incredible,” Arteta said.
Raya now has the fourth best goals conceded per match ratio of goalkeepers to have played at least 100 games in the Premier League – 0.79, behind Petr Cech (0.72), Edwin van der Sar (0.76) and Ederson (0.78).
And with the personal accolade now wrapped up, Raya and Arsenal will hope the Premier League trophy will be next to head to north London.
