Arsenal v Crystal Palace LIVE: Trossard places Gunners again forward as they appear to delay Liverpool title win
Arsenal host Crystal Palace in the Premier League, with the Gunners looking to delay Liverpool’s title celebrations for at least another few days.
The Gunners remain 13 points behind the champions-elect and the Reds would secure their 20th top-flight title if Palace were to beat Mikel Arteta’s side tonight.
And with Arteta likely to rest several key players ahead of next week’s Champions League semi-final, Oliver Glasner’s side could pull off a surprise result in the capital.
Palace themselves sit in 12th ahead of kick-off but are still in the hunt for a place in European competition next season, though they sit five points behind eighth-placed Bournemouth with just five matches to go.
Follow all the action from the Emirates below:
HALF-TIME! Arsenal 2-1 Crystal Palace
A final chance as Eze’s free-kick is headed away by Lewis-Skelly, and the referee brings the half to an end.
Arsenal 2-1 Crystal Palace
45 +1 mins
Martinelli tries to poke past henderson as he beat the ‘keeper to a long ball, but it’s straight to him (and the offside flag went up).
Moments later, Rice is booked for bringing down Nketiah.
Arsenal 2-1 Crystal Palace
Half a chance for Palace now as Kamada lays it off to Guehi, who sees a promising curled effort blocked by Kiwior.
We’ll have two minutes of added time here.
Arsenal 2-1 Crystal Palace
Arsenal looking for another one right away as Trossard’s ball towards Sterling is turned behind by Guehi.
From the set-piece, the ball is headed back across goal but Palace eventually clear.
GOAL! Arsenal 2-1 Crystal Palace
GOAL! Another brilliant goal at the Emirates!
It all starts with good work from Timber, who picks it up on the right before skipping past a challenge and fizzing it into Trossard in the box. He weaves between the challenges from Lacroix and Lerma and squeezes the shot away, and it deflects off Lacroix and into the bottom corner!
Arsenal 1-1 Crystal Palace
Nothing comes of an Arsenal free-kick but the Gunners are the ones applying the pressure as we approach the final five minutes of the half.
Arsenal 1-1 Crystal Palace
A little more subdued here now as Arsenal look to regain control.
Arsenal 1-1 Crystal Palace
Another cheeky effort from Eze, who opens his body up and almost allows the ball to bounce onto his foot (rather than hitting it himself) but the effort flies over.
Arsenal 1-1 Crystal Palace
Two brilliant goals so far tonight, though Eze’s is the notable one. One of the goals of the season probably.
Palace are looking to capitalise on their pressure here as Eze picks up the ball in the box and feeds Nketiah, who rolls Kiwior initially before the Polish defender recovers to block the shot from point-blank range!
