Mikel Arteta reacts to David Raya’s error in Arsenal’s win over Spurs | Football [Video]

Mikel Arteta has praised Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya for the way he reacted to his embarrassing blunder in the side’s 3-2 win over bitter rivals Tottenham.

The Gunners appeared to be cruising towards a comfortable victory as Bukayo Saka struck after Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg’s own goal to give the visitors a healthy lead inside half an hour at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Kai Havertz headed past Guglielmo Vicario to make it three in the 38th minute, as Arsenal once again wreaked havoc from a corner, and some Spurs supporters were pictured leaving before the halfway stage in north London.

But Tottenham picked themselves up off the floor to give Mikel Arteta’s men an almighty scare and Raya was largely at fault for allowing the home team a route back into the match.

With the Premier League leaders cruising, William Saliba passed the ball back to Raya and the Spaniard inexplicably dinked the ball straight to Cristian Romero, who …