At Emirates Stadium on Saturday, Mikel Arteta’s title-chasing Arsenal easily defeated Crystal Palace 5-0, putting them back on track.
Sports Updates : Arsenal clearly benefited from their sun-filled vacation in Dubai, as Gabriel scored the game’s first goal and pushed Dean Henderson into an own goal just before the half ended, giving the Gunners a 2-0 lead. Gabriel also caused havoc from corners in the first half.
Arsenal easily defeated a weak Crystal Palace team that is without confidence under Roy Hodgson after the break thanks to goals from Leandro Trossard, who struck brilliantly on the attack, and Gabriel Martinelli, a replacement, who made it 5-0 late on with two clean finishes.
Arsenal’s victory gives them 43 points for the year and their second victory in their last six Premier League games. Palace is still up 21 points and is still keeping an eye on the zone of relegation.
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Arsenal had only won once in their previous five games coming into this match. They had also made errors and missed opportunities. They appeared rejuvenated, refocused, and sharp after their winter minibreak, which helped them easily defeat Palace. Sure, the opponents didn’t put them to the test, but Arsenal handled their business with little difficulty. They were vicious on the break and dangerous from set pieces (they scored the first two goals from that position). Arsenal played with confidence and hardly had to shift into second gear against Palace. They will now face very similar games against Burnley and Forest, sandwiched between important matches against West Ham and Liverpool. Arsenal needs to win the remaining games of the season to maintain their position in the title fight, and it appears that they will be around till spring. Now all they need is one of their forwards—Gabriele Martinelli or Gabriel Jesus—to get into high gear and start scoring goals and using cutting edge. Arsenal needs to overcome this last obstacle in order to fulfill their aim of winning the Premier League. However, if they maintain their level of concentration as they did They have players to help them win any game when they play Palace.