Arsenal vs Crystal Palace LIVE SCORE: Trossard continues red-hot form and fires Gunners back in front – updates

View from SunSport’s Jordan Davies at The Emirates

A real strange game. Both sides seemingly going for it but also not going for it simultaneously. 

Arsenal have made more defensive errors on the ball in one half than they have all year, and that has given Crystal Palace hope.

It means the Liverpool players will stick around for the second half with their champagne on ice and their cigars cut and ready.

Eberechi Eze’s volley from a corner by the way was stonking — one that Arsenal set-piece coach Nicolas Jover would have secretly enjoyed.

HT: Arsenal 2-1 Crystal Palace

It has been a strange half so far.

We have seen three goals but both sides have shown all the passion and hunger of a night of intimacy with Donald Trump.

Let’s hope the managers can spark them into life for the second-half.

Arsenal 2-1 Crystal Palace

45. The Gunners have forced another corner.

Rice swings it in deep and it is headed across goal by Odegaard.

The Norwegian playmaker could not pick out a teammate in the box and The Eagles are able to clear.

We are going to have two added minutes.

Arsenal 2-1 Crystal Palace

43. Good play from Trossard to fashion some space to get a shot away.

He gets his fair share of good fortune as the deflection off Lacroix takes it into the bottom corner out of the reach of Henderson.

Not that it matters, the goal is all counts at this stage of the game.

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41. Guehi goes into a full-blooded challenge on Sterling.

His follow through catches the Chelsea man but the referee does not see fit to give a foul.

Seems like the official sees him as the ‘boy who cried wolf’ and ignores his protests.

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39. Rice swings in a cross from out wide as a result of a free-kick.

It is hacked clear by Guehi.

They have little outlet up top with no Mateta to hold the ball up so it ends up resulting in Arsenal coming straight back at them.

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37. The Emirates is making test matches in the cricket seem rowdy affairs at the moment.

Whether the fans are no longer dialled in to the distant memories of a title race seems clear for all to see.

Lewis-Skelly makes a run towards the box but his pass is poor and easily cleared by the visitors.

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35. Rice looks to cross but Munoz blocks it at the expense of a corner.

The home fans start singing ‘Arsenal, Arsenal, Arsenal’ to get their side going.

How people come up with lyrics to these songs for The Gunners is mind-blowing, pure creative genius at work.

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33. This is far more competitive now.

Palace seem to have grown inn confidence, knowing they can hurt the hosts when they get forward.

Aside from Rice’s superb strike, The Gunners have created very little since scoring the opening goal.

Arsenal 1-1 Crystal Palace

31. Nketiah almost puts the visitors into the lead.

Credit where it is due to Kiwior, it was his sliding challenge that sent the effort over the crossbar.

The former Arsenal striker should have scored from that position, with his back to goal, once he had spun his marker.

Arsenal 1-1 Crystal Palace

29. What a strike from Eberechi Eze.

A corner is swung in towards him, unmarked on the edge of the box.

He volleys it first-time into the ground, clipping the inside of the post on its way in with Raya at full-stretch.

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27. The tempo of this game is playing right into Arteta’s wildest dreams right now.

It almost seems like a legends match where neither side want to make any physical challenges on one another.

Munoz is getting more space to try and put some crosses in from out wide.

Arsenal 1-0 Crystal Palace

25. Rice fires off a shot from just outside the box.

His first touch allows him to drill a volley towards the bottom corner of the goal.

It flashes inches wide with Henderson well beaten.

Arsenal 1-0 Crystal Palace

23. It is relatively quiet in The Emirates tonight.

The fans are occasionally coming to life when someone makes a run into the box and is found with a pass.

Other than that, you could be forgiven for thinking you were watching the snooker such is silence in North London.

Arsenal 1-0 Crystal Palace

21. Although you are never, as a fan, truly happy with being out of a tournament it could work well on this occasion.

After tonight’s game, The Gunners will have a break until their game against PSG on Tuesday.

That will be a welcome relief for Mikel Arteta.

Sterling gets to the byline and looks to cross but it goes out for a goal kick and sums up this loan spell for him.

Arsenal 1-0 Crystal Palace 

19. Eze is dropping wide, looking to get on the ball more.

You feel there is a drop off when Mateta is not linking up with the England midfielder for Palace.

The front three of Eze, Mateta and Sarr have really clicked this season.

Arsenal 1-0 Crystal Palace

17. The last thing Arsenal want here is to be dragged into football match.

While their lead is slender, even at this early stage of the game, you feel The Eagles are there for the taking.

However, if Arteta’s side allow the visitors to get the next goal it will result iin completely the opposite.

Arsenal 1-0 Crystal Palace

15. Arsenal seem to go to sleep at the back for a moment.

Nketiah has a sight of goal but mis-hits his effort, which heads towards Devenny in the middle.

He cannot adjust his feet quick enough to score, despite Raya having committed to a dive in the other direction.

Arsenal 1-0 Crystal Palace

13. Partey is looking to get involved more and more.

His runs are making space for Odegaard to operate in.

Palace are struggling to get into their groove in this London derby.

Arsenal 1-0 Crystal Palace

11. If the Gunners keep their foot on the gas now, they could put this game to bed by the interval.

Palace have been shipping goals of late and not scoring themselves.

The next goal could be key to really knocking the wind out of Oliver Glasner’s side.

Arsenal 1-0 Crystal Palace

9. Half a chance for the visitors.

Arsenal could not clear their lines and it dropped to Kamada in the box.

He looked to drill an effort towards the far corner but it deflected wide for a corner.

Arsenal 1-0 Crystal Palace

7. There are two ways to look at this game tonight.

Whether these Palace players want to take it easy with an eye on the FA Cup semi-final on the weekend, or whether they want to put in a shift to make sure they are in the starting XI.

They have it all to do here after that early goal for the hosts.