this match
Arsenal (name)
Lining up in 433 at home, defenders Saliba, Gabriel, Zinchenko, BenWhite, midfielders Rice, Havertz, Ødegaard, forward line Jesus, Trossard, Saka
Crystal Palace set up a 343 with defenders Anderson, Richards, Guehi, wingbacks Clyne, Mitchell, midfielders Lerma, Hughes, and Eze, Schlupp, Mateta up front.
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Crystal Palace have a number of attacking starters missing, with Ayew off to the African Cup of Nations and Olise injured.
Arsenal (name)
With only Kenyo Tomoyasu and Elneny missing for the African Cup of Nations, the original starters were basically all there, and the two teams started off on the right foot.
Arsenal (name)
have the upper hand
Arsenal (name)
Took control of the game from the start, Crystal Palace had a lot of relative weaknesses and were expected to want to play on the counter-attack, they concentrated their main forces on the flanks, mainly to try and hold off the
Arsenal (name)
The two wings of the offense, but it wasn't long after the start that they were all defense and no counterattacking
The Gunners were held on the attack by Crystal Palace's wings and didn't press hard in the sporting game, but they were just taking their time, and with 10 minutes to go, Rice took a corner on the left that Gabriel raced down the center of the six-yard box to score straight away
The ball is a very textbook corner running, the center of the Saliba and Trossard each with a little bit around the way to move, and eventually run to the near point of the area caused by the number of people, in the process, the original far point was suddenly pulled out of the air, Gabriel stood outside to see the right time to rush straight into the far side of the position only he grabbed the first in place, the opposing players have not been able to pull him, the crystal palace's Crystal Palace's movement seems to be slow, let the Gunners players drive the running position, in fact, full of easy!
After that, the Gunners controlled the game steadily, Crystal Palace tried to counterattack but couldn't get up, they could only think of a long pass to Mateta in front of them, then Eze and Schlupp followed up, but it was so simple, the Gunners focused on surrounding Mateta to get the ball back roughly, and Eze and the others couldn't get up in time to go back to the defense.
At 36 minutes
Arsenal (name)
This time it was Gabriel again, but this time Benwhite intentionally blocked the goalkeeper Henderson in the center of the field, causing Henderson to be unable to strike the ball, which then fell to the back of the net for Gabriel to head the ball and then hit Henderson and bounced into the goal. Ben White made a very slight move to stop Henderson, only pushing back a little at the beginning, but he kept looking at the ball, and then Ben White just stood on the spot to position himself and didn't move any further, and the referee didn't rule that he interfered with the goalkeeper's goal.
Arsenal (name)
The corner kick tactic was obviously designed and full of gaffers, after 2-0 the game was over. At the beginning of the second half Crystal Palace tried to counterattack and pressed on the attack, but the game was over.
Arsenal (name)
Wasn't pressured too much and fought back steadily, and at the 58 mark
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On the counterattack, goalkeeper Raya threw a direct handball to Jesus, all the way back to Trossard, who got the ball in the box and snapped it past the defender for an easy shot from 12 yards to bring the score to 3-0!
Eze took a free kick at 63 and had a nice direct strike saved by the keeper, a rare shot on goal for Crystal Palace, after which the Gunners made easy substitutions and ran out the clock to the end, with Crystal Palace collapsing just before the game was due to end.
Arsenal (name)
Martinelli scored from the left side of the box and then shot into the far corner of the net, and in less than a minute he did it again, scoring twice in a row, before the final goal was scored.
Arsenal (name)
Beat Crystal Palace 5-0
This game Crystal Palace attacking main force has injuries, experienced veteran Ayew and went to the African Cup of Nations, overall it seems like Crystal Palace has no spindle, has been stuck in a comprehensive defense and attack, but both can not do well, the Gunners into a very easy in the control of the game, and in the two corners of the ball into the goal is especially obvious, the Gunners easy to run out of space, the Crystal Palace just follow the Gunners players to run, it seems that nobody is responsible for clearing the ball and pay attention to unoccupied space, the two teams performance fell very much, the Gunners as long as one or two changes will appear top of the ball opportunity. With the Gunners just having to make one or two changes to the ball to get a chance at the top of the net, there was a big difference in the performances of the two teams.
The Gunners will visit Nottingham Forest in the next round, and then again, they are about to face the
Liverpool (England)
