Nicol was speaking on ESPN after the Gunners needed a stoppage-time goal from Declan Rice to edge an amazing game at Kenilworth Road.
One of the major talking points following the victory was the performance of David Raya. The Spaniard is yet to really prove that he deserves the number one spot over Aaron Ramsdale.
Steve Nicol thinks Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya now needs to be dropped
And Tuesday proved to be another tough day at the office. Raya flapped at a corner for Luton’s second goal. And Ross Barkley’s strike went under him for the home side’s third. For some time, it appeared that he was set to cost Arsenal at least two points.
Certainly, the signs will be ominous for Ramsdale if he does not now come into the team. Steve Nicol suggested that Raya has been too much of a liability for Arsenal to keep his place.
“The other thing is clearly the goalkeeper David Raya. This guy, as we stand, basically is making mistake after mistake every game, every game,” he told ESPN.
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“Not now and again, but every game. Sometimes he gets away with it and today he didn’t get away with it. So, Mikel Arteta has got himself in a right pickle because with every game and with every mistake, it’s making the things that Arteta was saying about the goalkeeping situation ridiculous every single time it happens.
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