{"id":128115,"date":"2023-12-06T13:09:25","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T13:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/06\/x-reacts-as-rayas-howlers-nearly-cost-arsenal-against-luton\/"},"modified":"2023-12-06T13:09:25","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T13:09:25","slug":"x-reacts-as-rayas-howlers-nearly-cost-arsenal-against-luton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/06\/x-reacts-as-rayas-howlers-nearly-cost-arsenal-against-luton\/","title":{"rendered":"X reacts as Raya\u2019s howlers nearly cost Arsenal against Luton \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Did that need to be anywhere near as hard as it was for Arsenal?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Gunners were overwhelming favourites heading into Tuesday\u2019s trip to Luton Town, but David Raya is clearly not one for narratives as he did his best to hand the minnows a deserved point before\u00a0Declan Rice popped up to break the Hatters\u2019 hearts.<\/p>\n<p>It was a memorable game for a number of reasons but, for young Bukayo Saka, it was particularly special as the winger recorded his 200th appearance for Arsenal.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">200 Arsenal appearances for Saka at 22 \ud83d\ude2c<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sean (@seankolo99) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seankolo99\/status\/1732134479102345648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Saka is on 200 games at just 22. We\u2019re running him to the ground \ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Superman (@IntermissionSly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IntermissionSly\/status\/1732132876676718769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">22 years old, 200 appearances. <\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s crazy. Bukayo Saka, you\u2019re something else.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AYO (@afc_ayo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/afc_ayo\/status\/1732134260851482870?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Saka was involved in Arsenal\u2019s opening goal, helping to pounce on a sloppy mistake from Luton\u2019s defence and squaring for Gabriel Martinelli, who squeezed home with an unconventional strike.<\/p>\n<p>It was just Martinelli\u2019s second Premier League goal of the season but, after scoring in the 6-0 win over Lens, the Brazilian appears to be finding his form in front of goal.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Finally Martinelli <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NfYWR4sj81\">pic.twitter.com\/NfYWR4sj81<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Amund (@NordicMagpie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NordicMagpie\/status\/1732137197027954720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Arsenal\u2019s lead wouldn\u2019t last long, however, as Gabriel Osho rose from a corner and headed beyond a helpless Raya just four minutes later.<\/p>\n<p>The goals kept flying in and it was a third Gabriel, this time Jesus, who was celebrating on the stroke of half-time.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal\u2019s striker headed home from close range following an excellent cross from Ben White, who put it on a plate for Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>Raya had barely climbed back to his feet by the time he was again attracting the unwanted attention.<\/p>\n<p>Ross Barkley\u2019s low effort fizzed directly at the Spaniard but Raya somehow allowed the ball to squirm under his body, gifting Luton a shocking lead.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal were soon back level, however, as Kai Havertz tapped home minutes later to set up a nervous final 30.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did that need to be anywhere near as hard as it was for Arsenal? The Gunners were overwhelming favourites heading into Tuesday\u2019s trip to Luton Town, but David Raya is clearly not one for narratives as he did his best to hand the minnows a deserved point before\u00a0Declan Rice popped up to break the Hatters\u2019 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":128116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>X reacts as Raya\u2019s howlers nearly cost Arsenal against Luton \u2013 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/06\/x-reacts-as-rayas-howlers-nearly-cost-arsenal-against-luton\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"X reacts as Raya\u2019s howlers nearly cost Arsenal against Luton \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Did that need to be anywhere near as hard as it was for Arsenal? 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