Arsenal too strong for Palace on opening night

Bukayo Saka of Arsenal scores the 2nd goal during the Premier League match between Crystal Palace and Arsenal FC at Selhurst Park on August 5, 2022 in London, United Kingdom.

Arsenal got their
campaign off to the perfect start as Mikel Arteta’s side beat Crystal Palace in
an entertaining 2022-23 Premier League curtain-raiser at Selhurst Park.

The Gunners maintained
their impressive pre-season form with an energetic performance that was rewarded
when Gabriel Martinelli nodded in a 20th-minute opener from new signing
Oleksandr Zinchenko’s headed assist.

It took Palace most of
the first half to adapt to the visitors’ tempo, but once they did Odsonne
Edouard forced Aaron Ramsdale into a save after Joachim Andersen’s header found
him in the six-yard box.

Buoyed by a vibrant
home crowd, the Eagles poured forward in search of a leveller but it was
Arsenal who found the net again, Marc Guehi inadvertently heading Bukayo Saka’s
fierce cross into his own goal late on.