Pretty good game to watch.
and the Ref had a howler soon after the red as Palace should have been given a penalty after a god-awful challenge.
Arsenal haven't turned palace over because palace have played well today and mostly stopped Arsenal.
How did Jedinak get away without a yellow card with all those clumsy challenges on Giroud ?
Tis was a foul.
Not a red though, him and flamini out for utd game?
I am convinced that he lives a charmed life. Continual fouling but yet no yellows. Strange.
Was their crowd really only 20000? Very poor if true.
Think it's only 1 game ban unless it's violent conduct?
If it's 3 then yes Arteta will miss Chelsea game in capital one cup, Liverpool and Utd games in prem.
I think once the decision is given that Arteta has impeded Chamakh, the thing the referee has to consider is whether the Arsenal centre back who was parallel to the incident would be able to get to Chamakh in time to stop him having a shot at goal. The defender is a long way from the ball and I think the defender was Per Mertesacker who is not blessed with tremendous pace and so I think the chances are Chamakh would have had a strike, although the fact that it was Chamakh who would have been shooting means it's unlikely to have been much of a goalscoring opportunity. Joking aside, I can see why Foy sent Arteta off because there was no obvious covering defender.
It was a good win for Arsenal because Palace unsettled them and harried them, which is the type of match Arsenal have not always relished and they then killed the game off with a numerical disadvantage. Arsenal look more resilient this season and the signings of Ozil and Flamini seem to have galvanised their spirit, as well as also resulting in them always creating chances in matches. Giroud, Gibbs and Ramsey are all having impressive seasons too.
BBC are quoting attendance as 20,250 , if correct that is woeful
BBC are quoting attendance as 20,250 , if correct that is woeful
When you consider how many Arsenal there were and then factor in the palace who were there to see their 'real' team, there can't have been many more real palace there than they averaged last year. Premier football is working out well for them....
Is it? Really? Next to bottom of league, lunchtime kick off, live (and free) on the telly, nailed on defeat.