Arsenal vs Crystal Palace LIVE: Premier League result and reaction as Gunners net five at Emirates Stadium
Arsenal 5-0 Crystal Palace: Gabriel, Trossard and Martinelli all scored as the Gunners ran rampant
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Your support makes all the difference.Arsenal earned themselves a much needed win with a 5-0 hammering of Crystal Palace at the Emirates Stadium in Saturday’s early Premier League kick off.
From the start the Gunners looked to take control but seemed nervous and tentative after their recent troubles in front of goal. The breakthrough came from a set piece, Gabriel rising highest at the back post to nod Arsenal ahead. The second goal came in a similar fashion. Bukayo Saka swung in another corner, Gabriel won the header but this time sent the ball into Dean Henderson for an own goal.
The Gunners went into the break two goals to the good and grew in confidence. Leandro Trossard ended his goal drought with a fine finish to complete a counter attack before Gabriel Martinelli came off the bench to score two goals late in stoppage time to put the icing on the cake.
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Arsenal 0-0 Crystal Palace
6 mins: Nearly! Arsenal bring the ball down the left and whip in a cross. It drops over Chris Richards and gets brought down by Martin Odegaard.
He looks to shift the ball to the left in the hopes of opening up a touch of space to shoot but Will Hughes is onto him in a flash and pokes the ball away from the Arsenal captain.
Arsenal 0-0 Crystal Palace
3 mins: Martin Odegaard fouls Marc Guehi just inside Arsenal’s half allowing Eberechi Eze to loft a long free kick into the penalty area.
Joachim Andersen gets a head to the ball and nods it wide of the nearest post.
Kick off! Arsenal 0-0 Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace get the ball rolling at the Emirates Stadium and work it over to the left wing. Eberechi Eze attempts to go on an early run down the line but he’s tackled and Arsenal come away with the ball.
Arsenal vs Crystal Palace
Here come the teams. Both these clubs are playing their first Premier League matches of 2024. Who will come out on top today?
Pre-match thoughts from Mikel Arteta
“We recharged, re-energised and have been very clear with each other what to expect, and then attack the second half of the season.”
“We have to earn the right to win. This is a team that is well organised. We are ready.
“The margins are so small in the Premier League, it is the hardest thing in football [to score goals] but I believe a lot in my players.”
Pre-match thoughts from Roy Hodgson
“We are looking forward to getting back to it, you should always look forward to coming to Arsenal.
“Our job today is to focus on the task at hand, we know what problems Arsenal can cause us and we have to be aware and combat that.
“We won’t have much of the ball but when we do have it we have to make sure we do something with it. We have to ask them questions in the same way they will ask plenty of us.”
Can Saka improve his form?
Bukayo Saka is Arsenal’s leading Premier League scorer with six goals this campaign.
It is the lowest tally by the club’s leading scorer after 20 matches of a league season since four players were on five goals in 1989/90. At this stage of 2022/23, Martin Odegaard had eight top-flight goals, and Saka and Gabriel Martinelli were both on seven.
Saka has scored six goals and assisted nine in 18 Premier League London derbies. Three of those goal involvements came in Arsenal’s 4-1 home win against Palace last season.
Palace’s missing striker?
Odsonne Edouard has scored six goals in 15 Premier League appearances in 2023/24, equalling his best return in a season (set in 2021/22).
He has not made a league appearance since a home defeat versus Liverpool on 9th December.
Arsenal vs Crystal Palace
Arsenal have dropped points in all three London derbies at the Emirates this season, in contrast to winning all seven of their other games.
They could lose three consecutive London derbies for the first time since 1993 due to the fact the Gunners have conceded 10 league goals from the last 19 shots on target they have faced.
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