"Arsenal have won 11 out of 13 games in all competitions this season, but coming at the end of a week in which they beat Atlético Madrid 4-0 in the Champions League, Arteta said: "I just told the boys that I value more this victory than any other victory this season because we knew the difficulty of it. "You come after playing every three days,"
"you have a big opportunity as well with the things that happened during this weekend and I knew we play against a team that in my opinion has been one of the best recently in terms of organisation, how difficult they made it, how frustrated they can make you and the moment that you lose that concentration they will punish you for sure."
Arsenal beat Crystal Palace 1-0 courtesy of Eberechi Eze's 39th-minute volley, moving the Gunners four points clear at the top as Manchester City and Liverpool both lost. Arsenal have won 11 of 13 matches in all competitions and had also beaten Atlético Madrid 4-0 in the Champions League earlier in the week. Mikel Arteta described the victory as especially valuable given fixture congestion and Palace's organised, physical defending. Eze, signed from Palace for £67.5m, scored his first league goal for Arsenal and was praised for producing "magic moments" and striking decisively.
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