Arsenal secured their 26th win of a strong season against Crystal Palace after surviving a late scare. Arsenal made multiple changes and controlled long periods, while Palace played with one eye on the upcoming Conference League final. Gabriel Jesus scored late in the first half, and Noni Madueke doubled the lead after Palace failed to clear an Arsenal corner. Jean-Philippe Mateta pulled one back in the final minute. Palace thought they had earned a point when Yeremy Pino scored in injury time, but VAR ruled the goal out. Arsenal created several chances, including multiple opportunities for Jesus, but Henderson and Kepa Arrizabalaga made key saves.
"Champions Arsenal survived a late scare to secure their 26th win of a brilliant season against Crystal Palace. Despite making a raft of changes, the Gunners dominated for long spells against a Palace side with one eye on Wednesday night's Conference League final against Rayo Vallecano in Leipzig. Oliver Glasner will hope key midfielder Adam Wharton is fit after coming on as a substitute and then limping off following a strong challenge from Myles Lewis-Skelly."
"Gabriel Jesus put Arsenal in front towards the end of a first half the visitors controlled and Noni Madueke doubled their advantage, firing home after Palace failed to deal with an Arsenal corner. Jean-Philippe Mateta pulled one back in the final minute and Palace thought they had secured an unlikely point when Yeremy Pino scored in injury-time only for VAR to overrule his effort."
"Arsenal almost opened the scoring in the sixth minute. Piero Hincapie's clearance was mis-controlled by Jefferson Lerma, enabling Jesus to pick up possession and, with few other options, the Brazilian went for goal, curling his effort against the post. Madueke got to the rebound first but was unable to beat Dean Henderson. Jesus had another wonderful opportunity six minutes later, but Henderson made a superb save."
"Palace had spent the opening quarter of an hour on the back foot but then sprung forward and were only denied by a brilliant save from Kepa Arrizabalaga, who pushed out a strong hand to keep out Daniel Munoz's header from Rio Cardines' centre. Arsenal came again and Jesus missed a third opportunity to break the deadlock midway though the half, nodding wide after Madueke's cross."
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