Roy ‘Jelly Roll’ Hodgson talks to TNT Sports. “[The FA Cup replay at Everton] was a little bit of a dress rehearsal to some extent for this game … no team suits you in this fixture because they’re better than most teams they play against and we’re no exception to that rule … defensively we’re going to have to be very good to keep them at bay … on Wednesday night we played Eze for 60 minutes and that wen’t quite well … now it’s important to get Michael Olise back … coming back last year for those ten games, I loved that, it was the self-playing piano … but now the self-playing piano has cracked up and we’ve had to work hard to get any tune out of it … I’m still looking forward to the last part of the season when I think we’ll be a stronger team.”
Arsenal v Crystal Palace: Premier League – live
Arsenal make four changes to the starting XI named for the 2-0 FA Cup loss to Liverpool. David Raya, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Gabriel Jesus and Leandro Trossard come in for Aaron Ramsdale, Jakub Kiwior, Jorginho and Reiss Nelson, all of whom drop to the bench.
Palace make two changes to the team that started the 1-0 FA Cup defeat at Everton. Dean Henderson and Jean-Philippe Mateta return, with Sam Johnstone and Odsonne Édouard dropping to the bench.
Arsenal: Raya, White, Saliba, Gabriel, Zinchenko, Odegaard, Rice, Havertz, Saka, Gabriel Jesus, Trossard.
Subs: Ramsdale, Smith Rowe, Martinelli, Nketiah, Kiwior, Cedric, Jorginho, Nelson, Walters.
Crystal Palace: Henderson, Clyne, Andersen, Guehi, Mitchell, Lerma, Richards, Eze, Hughes, Mateta, Schlupp.
Subs: Johnstone, Tomkins, Matheus Franca, Edouard, Ebiowei, Ahamada, Riedewald, Adaramola, Ozoh.
Referee: Paul Tierney (Lancashire).
Arsenal. Yes!
Crystal Palace. Check!
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