Therefore, it is hard to question the chairman, Steve Parish, but he must get the next decision right because this team is sinking fast. Administration, points deduction and struggling in the Championship.
Under previous owners, Palace were an advert of how not to run a football club. You do have to wonder whether it made sense to sack Patrick Vieira just two days before facing his old club and caretaker Paddy McCarthy certainly did not inspire an improvement. It was a near-impossible task for Crystal Palace. Gabriel Martinelli (right) opened the scoring for Arsenal to put Thursday's anguish behind him (Image: Mark Leech/Offside/Offside via Getty Images) He has built an incredible spirit in the dressing room, changed the atmosphere within the stadium and all of the ingredients are there for a first title success in 19 years. Mikel Arteta has done a job bordering on the miraculous in constructing a team which is so consistent, so good to watch and just delivers every week. He did not need to when Rob Holding filled in brilliantly at centre-half for the injured William Saliba while Martin Odegaard drove the game and Ben White was sensational from right-back.
What a way to bounce back.īukayo Saka scored two, got an assist and did not even play at his best. So, what happens? The player who missed the crucial spot kick in the shootout, Gabriel Martinelli, scores the opening goal. This time, it was a London derby against a Crystal Palace side with a new face in the dugout, on the back of a gruelling European exit last Thursday after extra time and penalties. But Arsenal have been superb this season in overcoming every challenge and hurdle. This season has been such an unlikely story that it almost feels like Arsenal fans refuse to believe it might actually happen and are therefore afraid to even dream about it. But you would rather have the points on the board and Arsenal might be even further ahead by then. And, yes, Arsenal have to go to the Etihad on April 26. Yes, Manchester City have a game in hand. The Gunners are eight points clear at the top - yes, really, eight points - of the Premier League and are rapidly building an unassailable lead. The Arsenal fans filed out of the stadium at the final whistle with a look of disbelief on their faces.
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