David Raya's Stunning Save Nominated for Premier League Save of the Season

David Raya’s flying fingertip stop against Brighton & Hove Albion has been shortlisted for the Premier League’s Save of the Season, a fitting nod to a year in which he has already claimed the Golden Glove.

The moment came in December, in a tight 2-1 home win over the Seagulls. Brighton were pushing, the game tilting, when Yankubah Minteh cut inside and shaped a curling effort towards the top left corner. It looked perfect. The trajectory, the dip, the angle. The Emirates held its breath.

Raya exploded to his right.

Launching off his line, he stretched every inch of his frame and, with his right hand at full extension, managed the slightest of touches. Not a spectacular punch, not a camera-dive for show. Just a crucial fingertip that changed the ball’s path and, with it, the rhythm of the match. The shot had “goal” written all over it; Raya wrote a different ending.

That save earned him December’s Premier League Save of the Month award and pushed him joint top of the all-time leaderboard for that honour. He now sits alongside Andre Onana and Jordan Pickford, each with three monthly awards to their name, a trio that underlines how consistently he has operated at the highest level.

Save of the Season Vote

Now comes the season’s big vote.

For the Save of the Season crown, Raya’s effort stands in a packed field of standout stops. He is up against James Trafford and Gianluigi Donnarumma of Manchester City, Martin Dubravka of Burnley, Jordan Pickford of Everton, Alphonse Areola of West Ham United, Aaron Ramsdale of Newcastle United, Karl Darlow of Leeds United and Antonin Kinsky of Tottenham Hotspur.

It is a list stacked with reflexes, reach and reputation. Raya’s case rests on that December night: one arcing shot, one desperate leap, one touch that kept a vital win on track and underlined why he now sits among the Premier League’s elite goalkeepers.