Football results: Arsenal in good form, crushing Crystal Palace, moving up to 3rd in the Premier League.
Arsenal thrashed Crystal Palace at home and moved up to 3rd in the English Premier League table.
Crystal Palace hosted Arsenal at Selhurst Park in the Premier League on December 21 and fell to a crushing 5-1 defeat against the Gunners.
Arsenal made a great start to the game as Gabriel Jesus scored an early brace to make it five goals in two games against Palace. Ismaila Sarr’s clinical strike brought the hosts back into the game momentarily, but Kai Havertz restored a two-goal lead in the 38th minute to make it 3-1.
The Gunners continued the barrage in the second half as Jesus missed a couple of chances to complete his hat-trick. However, Gabriel Martinelli picked up the scraps to score and make it 4-1 at the hour-mark. Declan Rice then rounded off the scoring with a stunning strike in the 84th minute to make it 5-1.
The English Premier League 2024-25 football match on Saturday night, December 21, 2024, an interesting pair, “The Rising Eagles” Crystal Palace, ranked 15th on https://ufabet999.app the table, opened Selhurst Park Stadium to welcome the visit of “The Gunners” Arsenal, rank 4th on the table.
The result was that Arsenal came to win over Crystal Palace 5-1, with Arsenal scoring goals from Gabriel Jesus 2 goals in the 6th and 15th minutes, Kai Havertz in the 38th minute, Gabriel Martinelli in the 60th minute and Declan Rice in the 84th minute, while Crystal Palace scored from Ismaila Sarr in the 11th minute.
This victory means Arsenal have 33 points and are now in third place in the table, three points behind leaders Liverpool but having played two more games in the English Premier League.