Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya assured himself the Premier League Golden Glove award for the third year in succession on Sunday, with his 18 clean sheets no longer able to be surpassed, ESPN reports.
Raya was at the centre of Arsenal’s dramatic win over West Ham at the London Stadium, making a couple of crucial saves before VAR deemed he was fouled by Pablo in the dying stages as a West Ham equaliser was disallowed.
His nearest competition, Manchester City’s Gianluigi Donnarumma, has 14 league clean sheets to his name and can no longer catch up with City only having three league games remaining.
Raya’s last-ditch stop of a Matheus Fernandes effort, just before Arsenal went down the other end to open the scoring through Leandro Trossard, may yet be looked back on as a sliding doors moment in their title charge.
“When you talk about magic moments, this is certainly one of the most needed moments as well to pull off that save. He [Raya] was incredible,” Arteta said post-match on Sunday.
Raya joins Pepe Reina, Joe Hart and Éderson as the goalkeepers to earn the award three years in a row, and it means he has taken home the award in every campaign since his move across London from Brentford in 2023.
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