Glenn Murray believes David Raya delivered his worst-ever game for Arsenal in their 2-0 defeat to Bournemouth on Saturday.
Mikel Arteta’s side were beaten in the Premier League for the first time this season and reduced to 10 men in the first half following William Saliba’s red card.
Ryan Christie put Bournemouth ahead in the 70th minute following a well-worked corner-kick routine. Raya then brought down Evanilson inside Arsenal’s penalty area and Justin Kluivert stepped up to score his spot kick which doubled the hosts’ lead.
Raya has been one of Arsenal’s standout performers this season but former Premier League striker Murray feels the Spaniard was ‘very under par’ against Bournemouth.
‘I just felt as though from the off they were not quite pressing Bournemouth, they didn’t have the same energy or the same life about them,’ Murray told Premier League Productions.
‘Their mentality under Arteta is something I’ve praised loads, I think the culture and the environment that he’s got at the football club at the moment is second to none, and that wasn’t his squad there tonight, that was Arsenal of old, almost.
‘I think one man that kind of supposedly got away with it because we haven’t spoken about him much tonight, who was very under par for me and was probably one of his worst moments in an Arsenal shirt, is Raya.
‘It was just like really silly little mistakes, he kicks it and he spams it out of play, his passing was bad, he just wasn’t quite at it.
‘Don’t get me wrong, he made some big saves when needed, he wasn’t terrible, it was just a little bit of a sloppy performance, something I’ve not really seen from him at Arsenal.’
Former Arsenal midfielder Emmanuel Petit added: ‘I think they were all together the same level today,
‘I think they looked really tired, physically and mentally, from the start of the game.
‘They looked sloppy, the rhythm of the game, the passing, the aggressivity, the pressure on the opponent as well, I didn’t see the quality from the Arsenal squad that they’ve brought for years now.’
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