Arsenal kept Crystal Palace clean sheet with five goals, set-piece contributions and balloons, and the Gunners met the test after abusing vegetables
In the 21st round of the English Premier League, Arsenal defeated Crystal Palace 5-0, and this game can win by a large score is not predicted before the game, because the Gunners' recent form is unstable, so the league ranking has slipped to the fourth place, and Crystal Palace can always take points from the giants, and it is indeed a rout to concede 5 goals and keep a clean sheet in this round. Generally speaking, there is always a mistake in a big score match to send points, and Crystal Palace gave an own goal gift in this game, so Arsenal led by 2 goals at halftime, which is also the key point of this game's big victory.
Gabriel, Leandro Trossard and Martinelli scored twice, with Gabriel Jesus and Declan Rice providing assists. However, Arsenal's first goal was also scored from a corner, not in a sports game. It was a drunken corner kick into the box, and Gabriel headed it in. In the 36th minute of the first half, Arsenal's goal was refracted into the net, and it was a corner kick opportunity for the team, Saka drove the corner into the box, Gabriel headed the goal, the ball hit Henderson and bounced into the net, which was indeed a surprise, and Arsenal's luck in this game was indeed very good.
Crystal Palace's response was weak, although there was also an attack, but did not score, until the 58th minute Arsenal basically sealed the win, the goal was from Raya's hand throw, Jesus won the ball and crossed to the left to tear open the defense, Trossard shook Klein and scored the ball, it should be said that this combination is extremely subtle, Jesus also played the role of his core player.
What was unexpected was that Arsenal could score two goals in stoppage time in the second half, but this was also in line with the Gunners' ruthless pattern, in the 94th minute, Nketiah played a through ball to Martinelli in the middle, who fired a low shot, and one minute later Jorginho made a steal in the middle and picked up a one-time chance for Martinelli, who scored a brace in a short time.
Arsenal shot 21 to 12 in the whole game, 6 to 5 shots on target, and Crystal Palace also had 5 shots on target, unfortunately not scored, but from the historical record data, Crystal Palace is indeed Manchester City's nemesis, but against Arsenal won very few games. In terms of other statistics, Arsenal 6 to 7 from corners, 4 to 1 at half-time, 5 to 2 offside, 13 to 3 shots from inside the box, 5 to 2 saves, it can be said that the Arsenal goalkeeper in the half was also the key to the team's big win against Crystal Palace.
However, the goalkeeper also made a mistake in the 33rd minute of the first half to give the opponent a chance, and Lerma's shot at the top of the arc was cleared by Raya, which can be regarded as making up for it, and if the goal is conceded in this time, Arsenal may not be able to win by a big margin.
The Arsenal boss made substitutions after the 70th minute, with Rice, Kai Havertz and Leandro Trossard replaced by Jorginho and Smith Rowe and Martinelli, and Gabriel Jesus replaced by Nketiah in the 80th minute. With both the Arsenal League Cup and FA Cup already out, the advantage of playing on a single line is obvious, while Liverpool may lose sight of playing on three fronts.
At present, Arsenal is third with 43 points in one more round, 3 points less than Liverpool, and the top team is against Bournemouth in this round, and the possibility of conceding points in the league is also very low, so Arsenal can only win because of the goal difference advantage in third place.