“The goalkeeper comes to the club because he knows he’s second choice. He can play through the rounds, but once you get to the final, it has to change for me because they haven’t won enough trophies and they need to get over the line.”
Raya has been one of the best keepers in the world this season, and so Arteta could have played it safe and picked the Spaniard in order to give them the best chance of beating Man City at Wembley. They now have an international break to regroup.
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