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<\/p>\nFormer Manchester United defender Gary Neville may have gone overboard with his criticism of David Raya during Arsenal's 1-0 win over Manchester City.<\/p>\n
Not for the first time this week, the Spaniard looked shaky at the Emirates Stadium and almost gifted Pep Guardiola's side an embarrassing after Julian Alvarez blocked his clearance in the first half. The performance came soon after Raya was criticised for allowing Lens to pull level prior to Arsenal suffering a comeback defeat in the Champions League.<\/p>\n
But former Wolves midfielder Karl Henry believes ex-United full-back Neville was overzealous in his critique of Raya's display. The 48-year-old didn't hold back in his assessment of Raya at the time, with the Gunner bailed out on more than one occasion during the opening 45 minutes against City.<\/p>\n
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"I can spot a keeper a mile off that's a nervous wreck and there's one right in front of you," said Neville on Sky Sports commentary. "The mistake in midweek [against Lens], he's carried into this game. He's not sharp enough and he's very lucky."<\/p>\n
But Henry took umbrage with those comments and spotted Neville wasn't celebrating Raya's positive contribution as he did for opposite number Ederson. The 40-year-old – who made 272 appearances for Wolves – even went so far as to suggest his former foe had an 'agenda' aiming to improve England international Aaron Ramsdale's chances of regaining his spot in Mikel Arteta's XI.<\/p>\n
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Henry took to X – formerly Twitter – and questioned Neville's motivation for going in on Raya with such vigour: "Has Gary Neville got it in for Raya? Or is he just doing his best to get Ramsdale back in? When a commentator has an agenda, they influence millions of fans worldwide. It\u2019s really poor.<\/p>\n
"Ederson. Hits a diag and he\u2019s saying Raya is rocky whilst Ederson is hitting 50 yard [diagonals]. Raya hit two better diags and he doesn\u2019t say a thing. I\u2019m no Arsenal fan and rate both Ramsdale and Raya highly, but Neville\u2019s assassination of Raya is poor and unfair. Hope he realises how damaging to the player it can be and stops."<\/p>\n
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