Manager Mikel Arteta has cast aside his former no.1 Aaron Ramsdale in favor of Raya.
After a 3-2 win over Tottenham, Raya said: Mistakes are part of football and you learn from them. What he (Arteta) said was just about the character that I showed after the mistake.
I thought I was mentally very strong and I just forgot about the mistake, I just carried on playing my game and tried to help the team as much as possible. I think I showed that in the last 20 minutes.
We had gained control until I made a mistake for the first goal. We had to bounce back and I thought the character from the team, everybody was willing to defend, and to even get one more goal to settle the game, but we couldn't and we gave away a penalty.
It's 3-2 and the last few minutes was a little bit more shaky for the people outside, but for us that's our job and I really, really enjoyed that challenge to keep the ball out of the net and trying to help the team as much as possible on crosses. We showed great character collectively."