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Champions League report
by Layth Yousif in Bergamo
ARSENAL boss Mikel Arteta hailed keeper David Raya’s remarkable double save from a penalty that earned a hard-fought Champions League point at Atalanta.
Raya proved to be the Gunners spot-kick saving hero after denying Mateo Retegui with a superb double block on Thursday evening in northern Italy.
In the city of Bergamo's passionately atmospheric cauldron that was Atalanta’s Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, the Gunners goalkeeper kept out a second half effort from the spot by Atalanta’s No23, before following up with an even better athletic block moments later from Retegui’s headed rebound, to deny the home side victory.
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