David Raya’s heroics on Tuesday night against Porto made it four penalty shootout wins out of five since Mikel Arteta became manager in late 2019.
It also helped banish the memory of 12 months ago, when Sporting Lisbon triumphed in the first-ever competitive penalty shootout staged at Emirates Stadium.
That defeat aside, we have been highly effective in such deciders, including winning the Community Shield at Wembley, 4-1 against Manchester City back in August.
Arteta’s other shootout successes have both been against Liverpool – to lift the Community Shield in a behind-closed-doors match at Wembley in August 2020 (winning 5-4 after a 1-1 draw) and then at Anfield – also behind closed doors – in the Carabao Cup fourth round in October 2020.