PL | Arsenal v Crystal Palace | 1/1/17 | 4pm GMT

[Rimaal]

Perfect sort of game before playing two days later. Palace stink of ****.

Agreed.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

2 away games at Bournemouth and Swansea 6 points needed to build on

 

[rich 1990]

Pep and Mourinho now both outside the top 4 despite spending the most money....

Wenger IN

 

[Notorious Big]

2 away games at Bournemouth and Swansea 6 points needed to build on

They will look like Barcelona against us,especially Swansea.

 

[carlito'sway]

What did you make of his run today? I know you are not his biggest fan

He had some great runs on the right. Very good cameo. Should have scored on the last chance though.

 

[Tir Na Nog]

Need to keep the momentum going, our games are winnable in the coming weeks while Chelsea have to go to Sp**s, Leicester and Liverpool this month.

To quote the Coq "it's not over".

 

[SA Gunner]

Bournemouth is a tricky fixture.

We need to be at our best to win there. I suspect a draw on the cards unfortunately.

 

[Mrs Bergkamp]

Pep and Mourinho now both outside the top 4 despite spending the most money....

First time since 1991 both Manchester clubs have been outside the top 4. Hope it stays that way.

 

[Penn_]

Not quite sure why Alexis was kept on. The guy looked knackered towards the end, not good with some away games coming up.

Elneny's leaving tomorrow, should have played him into the ground today.

 

[Jury]

didn't Jury posted that before half time?

No. I observed that Iwobi had looked better at No.10 than Özil has for us lately.

 

[CurryFlavoured]

Bournemouth away will be tricky, the three games after that should be a straight forward 9/9 points.

 

[Bendtneer]

Alexis is wasted out wide..we should start playing with 2 striker..He looked sad and frustrated after 80 mins :-(

 

[SA Gunner]

Bellerin sounds like he is from London town

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

They will look like Barcelona against us,especially Swansea.

Agreed these teams always raise their game against top teams but important to win those 2

 

[freeglennhelder2]

Does this mean Giroud getting a run up front now?

 

[OSBK]

Happy with the result.

giroud scored a great goal but aside from that he was very average. Sanchez busting a gut to close down and he is swanning around.

We are wasting sanchez on the left, we look so much better with him through the middle.

palace are poor and we should be battered them today.

 

[Rimaal]

Giroud on his goal: " Alexis gave me the ball a bit behind me, I tried the back-heal and had maximum luck:
Interviewer: " Have you done anything like this before in training... etc?"
Giroud: " No, no, no, that's why I say luck."
Bellerin: " We know what Giroud is capable of, we've seen him do it in training".

Giroud MOTM.

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

Cech - 8
Bellerin - 8
Gabriel - 7
Koscielny - 7
Monreal - 8
Xhaka - 7
El Nenny - 7
Iwobi - 8
Sanchez - 7
Perez - 6
Giroud - 10++

 

[Makingtrax]

If this was big Sam's first game in charge you could put your house on them winning.

I'll send you send you some copies of the Big Issue mate.

 

[Mrs Bergkamp]

Apart from some sloppy moments that were occasionally dangerous,we controlled the game for the last 20 minutes. I don't like or trust our slow game but if the players were a bit under the weather then they did well. Our FB's were excellent today and Xhaka looked very composed. Good win,clean sheet and no injuries. COYG.