Arsenal vs Crystal Palace: Five-star Gunners crush sorry Eagles to keep title hopes alive

Arsenal vs Crystal Palace: Five-star Gunners crush sorry Eagles to keep title hopes alive

Ifeanyi Ufomadu 15:33 - 20.01.2024

Arsenal kept their hopes of winning a first league title since 2004 alive with an outstanding 5-0 victory over Crystal Palace at the Emirates Stadium.

Mikel Arteta's Arsenal delivered a masterclass in taking your chances, thumping a hapless Palace side 5-0 to get their title chase back on track.

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Arsenal vs Crystal Palace - How it happened

Arsenal needed to bounce back from what had been a period of mini-crisis over the Christmas and New Year period and they did just that.

 Declan Rice delivered a corner of pinpoint accuracy towards Gabriel, who outmuscled Chris Richards and powered a header past Dean Henderson for his second goal of the season

The home side doubled their advantage before the break, and Gabriel was involved again.

Bukayo Saka floated in a delightful corner that was met by the head of the Brazil defender, and his header was diverted into goal by a sorry Henderson.

Leandro Trossard made it 3 early in the second half, and a late double from Martineli gave the Gunners a much-needed win and a performance to dispel all concerns for now.

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