{"id":300900,"date":"2023-12-18T13:25:19","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T13:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=300900"},"modified":"2023-12-18T13:25:19","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T13:25:19","slug":"david-raya-says-battle-with-aaron-ramsdale-has-improved-both-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/david-raya-says-battle-with-aaron-ramsdale-has-improved-both-players\/","title":{"rendered":"David Raya says battle with Aaron Ramsdale has &apos;improved both players&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> David Raya insists his fierce &#8216;battle&#8217; with Aaron Ramsdale to become Arsenal&#8217;s No 1 has &#8216;made both players better goalkeepers&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>David Raya has established himself as Mikel Arteta&#8217;s first-choice goalkeeper\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He believes his competition with Aaron Ramsdale has made him a better player\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8216;There&#8217;s no bigger waste of time!&#8217; What is the point of the Club World Cup? It&#8217;s All Kicking Off<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>David Raya believes his battle with Aaron Ramsdale to be first-choice goalkeeper at Arsenal has made them both better players.<\/p>\n<p>Spain international Raya is currently Mikel Arteta&#8217;s preferred option between the sticks and he became the first goalkeeper this season to keep a Premier League clean sheet against Brighton as the Gunners won 2-0 on Sunday to go top of the table.<\/p>\n<p>Second-half goals from Gabriel Jesus and Kai Havertz secured the points for Arsenal, with Raya returning in goal after Ramsdale played in the 1-1 Champions League dead-rubber group game against PSV Eindhoven on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Since breaking into the side in September, Raya has unquestionably become Arteta&#8217;s number one as debate and argument reigns over who should fill the position long-term.<\/p>\n<p>Raya, though, feels the fierce competition has improved both himself and England international Ramsdale.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/12\/79083339-0-image-a-1_1702902456357.jpg\" height=\"427\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>David Raya has claimed his &#8216;battle&#8217; with Aaron Ramsdale has helped both players improve as goalkeepers<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/12\/79083381-0-image-a-2_1702902458943.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Raya has moved ahead of Ramsdale in Mikel Arteta&#8217;s pecking order and is now the manager&#8217;s preferred option between the sticks\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/12\/79083417-0-image-a-4_1702902488236.jpg\" height=\"380\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ramsdale has played twice in Arsenal&#8217;s last ten matches across all competitions<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if the battle has made him a better goalkeeper, Brentford loanee Raya replied: &#8216;Of course, and I think I have made him a better goalkeeper.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think that battle &#8211; I wouldn&#8217;t say battle, it&#8217;s just pushing each other in training, trying to help each other.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If we see with each other when we are training that we can help each other, that&#8217;s how we are and that&#8217;s how we do. That&#8217;s the GK union that from the outside that you see.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He is a top, top goalkeeper and a top, top team-mate. I hope he can say the same about me! We are team-mates, we are fighting for one position.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Next up for Arsenal is a trip to face Liverpool at Anfield in a game where victory would put some space between the sides at the top of the table &#8211; where Aston Villa also feature after their comeback win over Brentford.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Of course it is a massive game for any of the top teams playing against Liverpool away from home,&#8217; added Raya.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think comparing the last time I played there with Brentford and what we are going to face on Saturday is completely different. I think obviously they (the fans) will be more on top of us now, especially as we are fighting to be on top of the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/12\/79083357-0-image-a-6_1702902495774.jpg\" height=\"408\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>But despite their battles to become No 1, Raya lauded Ramsdale as a &#8216;top goalkeeper and a top, top team-mate&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/12\/79083545-0-image-a-7_1702902673210.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Arsenal face a tough top of the table clash against Liverpool next weekend after they defeated Brighton 2-0 at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday afternoon\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It is going to be very, very important but we don&#8217;t have to focus on the atmosphere. We have to focus on ourselves and the football, and win the match.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Brighton, meanwhile, will be looking to recover from one of their worst performances of the campaign to date.<\/p>\n<p>Roberto De Zerbi&#8217;s visitors managed just one shot on target at the Emirates Stadium as they were roundly beaten &#8211; with captain Lewis Dunk calling for a response against rivals Crystal Palace on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think obviously, we&#8217;re disappointed,&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We had to do the dirty side of the game, where we usually control the game and have plenty of the ball but Arsenal stopped us doing that. We&#8217;ve just got to brush ourselves down, we&#8217;ve got a massive game on Thursday and we need to move on.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12876909\/David-Raya-insists-fierce-battle-Aaron-Ramsdale-Arsenals-No-1-players-better-goalkeepers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Raya insists his fierce &#8216;battle&#8217; with Aaron Ramsdale to become Arsenal&#8217;s No 1 has &#8216;made both players better goalkeepers&#8217; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":300899,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>David Raya says battle with Aaron Ramsdale has &amp;apos;improved both players&amp;apos; 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