Crystal Palace 1-4 Arsenal
72. This result will take Arsenal back to third spot.
They force another corner but it is well dealt with by the hosts.
Credit where it is due, they have dealt well with the aerial threat today.
72. This result will take Arsenal back to third spot.
They force another corner but it is well dealt with by the hosts.
Credit where it is due, they have dealt well with the aerial threat today.
70. So many teams find this a difficult place to visit.
To their credit, Arsenal have a fantastic record here.
With twenty minutes still remaining, the match feels a little bit dead now.
68. Crystal Palace are set to make some changes.
The manager seems to want some fresh legs for the closing stages of the game.
Goal difference is important with it being so tight at the bottom., they can iill-afford any more of a hiding here.
66. This is definitely not a game for defensive coaches to brag about.
Neither side has covered themselves in glory on that front.
Saliba gives away a needless corner for The Eagles.
62. Arteta will be more relieved now.
With Rice on the pitch protecting his back four, they should be able to manage this game better.
They are well worth their three points this evening.
60. That should be game, set and match for Arsenal.
Jesus shoots but it is saved by Henderson.
Rice looks to send the rebound goalwards but it is diverted in by Martinelli.
58. Arteta looks ready to make some changes.
Rice and Calafiori come on for The Gunners.
Lewis-Skelly and Havertz make way.
56. The Gunners come forward for the first time in the half.
A cross is swung into the box but the hosts manage to clear their lines.
Despite the scoreline, this game seems on a knife-edge right now.
52. Mateta gets a shot off from outside the box.
Raya makes a save and Sarr gets to the rebound and heads it goalwards.
The Arsenal keeper gets up to make another good stop.
50. The Eagles are looking confident since the break.
Arsenal are managing to keep them out as it stands.
This game doesn't seem like it is over just yet.
48. Palace are seeing a lot of the ball in the early stages.
Arsenal are happy to sit back and absorb all they have to offer.
The Eagles need an early goal to make this a game again.
46. The Eagles start well after the break.
Mateta gets a header off at goal but Raya saves.
So close to gettiing them back into this game.
We are back underway at Selhurst Park.
Big task for the hosts to get anything out of this game.
Crystal Palace get the game started.
All feels quite a simple task for the Gunners from here, even if they have not been at their most secure at the back.
Jesus’ resurrection as a goalscorer after almost a year is a huge boost for Arteta although I suspect the Spaniard will be more concerned about the extent of Saka’s injury as the fixtures keep coming thick and fast.
Watching Bukayo Saka go down, stay down and then hobble off to the dressing room will have sucked some of the delight out of the lungs of the Arsenal fans after Gabriel Jesus’ early one-two strike.
It looked like a muscle injury as the England winger - who had set up the opener - crossed from wide on the right. The consequences on the title race could be severe.
The referee brings the fiirst half to a close.
Arsenal will be content with their two-goal lead.
Palace will need to take it up a gear after the break.
45+4. The Gunners almost add another before the break.
Martinelli tries to score from a tight angle but Henderson makes a routine save.
Odegaard looks to drill the loose ball but it is well blocked.
45+2. The hosts look to try and create something before the break.
It is played into Mateta at the near post but he cannot direct his header towards goal.
Raya is talking an age to take the goal kick and the Palace fans are letting him know what they think of him.
45. That third goal has really changed this game.
The Eagles look like it has really knocked the wind out of them.
We are going to have five added minutes.
43. Jesus has hit a hot run of form this week.
His first goal today was incredibly his first Premier League goal since January.
He seems to be a confidence player, now, with five goals in two games he is looking a real danger.
41. As good as the atmosphere is at Selhurst Park, a goal from the opposition really turns the place into a library.
The Arsenal fans start chanting 'you're not singing any more'.
Got to love a factually correct bit a banter.