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The Swiss took his yellow card and the Gunners lost their fourth place synonymous with the Champions League. A Premier League night to forget for Mikel Arteta’s men.
Jordan Ayew got the better of Granit Xhaka on Monday. On Monday at home, Crystal Palace beat Arsenal 3-0.
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Clumsy and uninspired, Arsenal was logically beaten (3-0) by Crystal Palace on Monday for the end of the 31st day of the Premier League, confirming the loss of its 4th place, qualifying for the Champions League.
Tottenham had overtaken the Gunners, on goal difference, by crushing Newcastle on Sunday (5-1). Both teams have 54 points but Arsenal are one game behind.
Thanks to this success, the Eagles of Patrick Vieira reach their best ranking of the season, 9th with 37 points.
It’s been a long time since we’ve seen an Arsenal so harmless, lethargic and with so much waste in the transmissions.
Arsenal not dangerous before the 78th minute
It was almost until the 78th minute to see Mikel Arteta’s men create danger, with a shot from Bukayo Saka repelled by Vicente Guaita and the recovery of Emile Smith-Rowe, who had followed, countered almost on the line by Marc Gehi.
Eddy Nketiah also found the save of the Spaniard’s goal in the 84th minute, but by then the damage was already done, thanks in particular to former Lyon defender Joachim Andersen, author of two assists.
The first was involuntary, headed as he was falling, but it found Jean-Philippe Mateta, alone at six meters, for the opener (1-0, 16th).
A Chelsea attendant at the FA Cup
The second, on the other hand, was a superb stretched pass from 35 meters at half height, while he was under pressure, and which found Jordan Ayew, the curling strike of the former Marseillais leaving no chance for Aaron Ramsdale (2-0, 24th).
Wilfried Zaha increased the score by obtaining and converting a penalty fifteen minutes from the end (3-0, 74th).
Despite a favorable calendar, with 7 out of 8 games against teams lower than him, Palace is too far behind the teams in front of him to hope to climb much higher.
But the game displayed for a few matches is very promising before the FA Cup semi-final against Chelsea on April 17.
(AFP)