We asked for your thoughts after Saturday’s Premier League game between Crystal Palace and Arsenal.
Here are some of your comments:
Palace fans
Mark: Inevitable. We are carrying too many players who give the ball away cheaply. Plus Arsenal finished their chances and we didn’t, unfortunately! We move on with bigger games coming up. We must beat Southampton.
Gary: On a tactical level, we simply didn’t learn from Wednesday’s defeat. Our midfield was totally dominated and, without Munoz, it was pointless playing a back five.
Gyika: We looked tired and we ended up getting schooled. Individual mistakes cost us dearly. A great finish by Sarr, though – I’m liking him a lot. Hurry back, Munoz, Chalobah and Wharton!
Pedro: I know it is Arsenal, but we just rolled over. We will stay up this season, but it is another season of treading water rather than swimming forward. A massive rethink from the board is needed.
Arsenal fans
Guy: A good win for Arsenal, with confident attacking play and a good range of scorers. We are still too far behind to be challenging for the title, though, and we are still lacking a quality striker. Just because Gabriel Jesus has scored a few against Palace doesn’t mean he is clinical enough to lead our line.
Martin: The 5-1 scoreline flattered Arsenal. Palace looked threatening right up until Rice came on and shored the game up. It’s going to be a tough run without Saka for a couple of weeks, but Martinelli did well in his position so we should be OK against the opponents we have after Christmas. I hope Jesus scores against teams other than Palace.
Raouf: Arteta’s ability to shut games down doesn’t get enough attention. At West Ham, we were 5-2 up at half-time and in the second half they were much more solid and didn’t give up much. The team were struggling with certain things in this game and he fixed it in the second-half. The formation, with Odegaard and Havertz in midfield, worked well in the first half.
Colin: Arsenal are playing some nice football but I just wish we didn’t keep passing back to the goalkeeper so much. I’m sorry, but I’m not very keen on playing out from the back – there are too many mistakes happening.
