Gritty Arsenal dish out harsh lesson to Crystal Palace

Arteta still needed some excellent defending from debutant William Saliba and some outstanding saves from Aaron Ramsdale to see them through against a spirited Palace fightback

BATTLE: Crystal Palace's Tyrick Mitchell and Arsenal's Bukayo Saka right battle for the ball during the Premier League match at Selhurst Park. Pic: Adam Davy/PA

CRYSTAL PALACE 0 ARSENAL 2 

Mikel Artéta slunk out of Selhurst park apologising to supporters the last time Arsenal played here, just back in April. They were humiliated by a stronger, more competitive Patrick Vieira Palace side and lost their chance to get into the Premier league top four in the process. Further defeats followed as Arsenal's promising season petered out.