Arsenal vs Crystal Palace - as it happened: Olivier Giroud shines as Gunners take all three points
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Your support makes all the difference.Arsenal welcome Crystal Palace to the Emirates Stadium in New Year’s Day’s second London derby knowing that victory will leapfrog them above Manchester City into third.
The Gunners ended their run of back-to-back defeats to Everton and Manchester City last time out by beating West Brom 1-0 on Boxing Day.
Palace are on a terrible run of form with the draw against Watford last time out their first point in six games, having lost all five of their previous six.
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New Year’s Eve Premier League results:
Burnley 4-1 Sunderland
Chelsea 4-2 Stoke
Leicester City 1-0 West Ham
Manchester United 2-1 Middlesbrough
Southampton 1-2 West Brom
Swansea 0-3 Bournemouth
Liverpool 1-0 Manchester City
89 mins: Ward fouls Oxlade-Chamberlain and is booked. Arsenal have a free-kick on the right outside the area. Xhaka takes and it skims off a defender for a corner. Palace clear.
93 mins: Oxlade-Chamberlain draws a good save from Hennessey, the Palace keeper diving to his right to keep out the winger's shot.
FULL-TIME
A forgettable game settled in-part by an unforgettable goal from Olivier Giroud. The Frenchman's stunning first-half strike put the Gunners on their way and Alex Iwobi's scruffy second put the seal on it. Arsenal move back above Spurs and City into third, three points behind Liverpool and six behind leaders Chelsea.
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