Patrick Vieira has had his say on Crystal Palace’s disappointing defeat against Arsenal in the Premier League’s Friday night opener at Selhurst Park.
Despite matching the Gunners in a tense and entertaining first game of the season, it was the visitors who started the brighter. After 20 minutes, Mikel Arteta’s side were in front when Gabriel Martinelli heading in from close range with new signing Oleksandr Zinchenko getting the assist.
Palace started to find their feet later in the first-half and Odsonne Edouard came close to levelling things up when his header forced a save from Aaron Ramsdale. The Gunners goalkeeper was alert again in the second-half, denying Eberechi Eze after a brilliant through ball from Wilfried Zaha.
