Crystal Palace-Arsenal was the opening match of the Premier League. Arsenal managed to win their first game in the Premier League by beating city rivals Crystal Palace 0-2. This is a good start for Arsenal as other seasons were not so good for the Gunners. With Gabriel Martinelli (20) and Guehi (85 own goal) were the scorers of this match
The new season in the Premier League has begun, with the opening match played by Arsenal against their city rivals, Crystal Palace.
The first half started much better for Arsenal, who risked as early as the fourth minute of the match.
Gabriell Martinelli missed this chance when he was face to face with the Crystal Palace keeper, but he shot wide, not far from the right post.
However, Gabriell Martinelli would score a beautiful goal in the 20th minute of the match.
The goal came after a stoppage. The rebound from the corner was shot by Saka where he found Zinchenko. The Ukrainian followed with a header for Martinelli who also scored with a header.
The 35th minute of the match raised suspicions that Gabriell touched the ball with his hand, but the referee does not think so since the touch was free-handed.
Crystal Palace’s best chance came in the 42nd minute when Odsonne Edouard headed in but it was Aaron Ramsdale who made a brilliant save.
The first half would end with a close result of 0-1 for Arsenal.
Crystal started the second half better where Eberechi Eze had a good chance to score but it was again Arsenal’s hero Ramsdale who saved that shot.
The next minutes were better for Crystal who constantly put pressure in front of Arsenal’s goal to score the equalizing goal.
But, in the best moments of Crystal Palace, Arsenal will score the second goal.
This came after Arteta refreshed the squad with Eddie Nketiah and Kieran Tierney. It was Nketiah who started Saka. He took a good shot with his right which was deflected by Crystal Palace defender Guehi who scored an own goal in the 85th minute of the match.
The following minutes were quiet, with Crystal Palace seemingly coming to terms with defeat.
Thus Arsenal collected the first points in this season by winning a London derby in the first round of this season.