In the early morning of April 5, Beijing time, the final battle of the 31st round of the Premier League ended, and Arsenal challenged Crystal Palace away, a battle inside London. In the first half, Anderson's header assisted Mattta's header to take the lead, after which Anderson assisted Jordan Ayo with another long pass. In the second half, the goalkeeper saved Anderson's long-range shot, and Zaha scored a penalty shot. After 90 minutes of fierce fighting, Arsenal finally lost 0-3 to Crystal Palace, and Arsenal did not have the opportunity to return to the top four of the league after the defeat of this game.
In this battle, Arsenal are in a 4-2-3-1 formation, goalkeeper Rumsdale, four people in the backfield are Tavares, Gabriel, Ben White, Cedric Suarez, the double back is Xhaka and Thomas, the front three are Smith Rowe, Erdegaard, Saka, sitting at the front is Lacazette.
After the game started, Arsenal seemed to play a little slowly and hot, and failed to play a decent attack. In the 15th minute, Crystal Palace relied on a set-piece opportunity in the front court to break the deadlock early, Anderson nodded the ball to the middle of the road, and Mattta in front of the goal took advantage of the relay header to hit the goal, the ball Crystal Palace coordinated extremely well, tearing the Arsenal defense at once, and crystal palace also got a fantastic start.
In the 24th minute, Josim Anderson had a long pass at the back, Gabriel failed to intercept it, and Jordan Ayo quickly formed a one-foot blast to break the goal. In the 36th minute, Crystal Palace tactical corner kick was fired, Zaha inserted the ball and crossed, but was released in front of goal.
In the following 2 minutes, Crystal Palace continued to attack, Zaha with the ball on the left side of the box to face the bag clip chose to pass the ball back to Matta, Matta met the ball and a burst shot was saved by the goalkeeper. As half drew to a close, Smith Rowe's corner kick from the left was cleared and Gabriel's close-range header was easily picked up by the opposing goalkeeper. In the first half, Arsenal trailed Crystal Palace 2-0.
Yi Bian fought again, Tavarez was replaced, and substitute Martinelli came on. In the 47th minute, Lacazette took the ball to the edge of the penalty area and fell to the ground against his opponent, but the referee did not make any decisions. Since then, Saka has also fallen to the ground in a confrontation in the penalty area, and the referee has once again ignored it.
In the 58th minute, Saka, who faced a defender on the right side of the front, chose to force a far-range shot into the goal. Four minutes later, Smith Ronaldo's push from inside the box was easily confiscated by the opposing goalkeeper. In the 66th minute, Odegaard's shot was deflected. In the 72nd minute, Zaha was brought down by Erdegaard in the penalty area and sent a penalty, Zaha took the shot, the score came to 3-0, and Arsenal also completely collapsed, and the game also lost suspense.
In the end, Crystal Palace suffered a 3-0 arsenal defeat, Arteta suffered a critical blow, and the Premier League showed a tragic case and broke out. Arsenal have lost 2 of their last three league games and are provisionally ranked 5th in the Premier League table, missing out on to surpass Tottenham to return to the top four of the Premier League.