Gabriel Martinelli’s header and a late own goal from Marc Guéhi gave Arsenal victory in the opening match of the Premier League season
against this opponent where you face difficult players and [have to] resolve the situation,” Mikel Arteta said. “He’s done it with that composure, that calmness and that presence. Big credit to the boy.”
Those were the details that saw them through, although earlier in the game it had appeared the points might materialise more easily. Arsenal began like a train, rotating positions dizzyingly while showing the sharpness and ferocious pressing that had whetted appetites in pre-season. Gabriel Jesus was predictably to the fore, seeing Marc Guéhi block after one slaloming run, while Oleksandr Zinchenko’s deflected strike tested Vicente Guaita.
Jesus was, in his manager’s words, “electric” in that early spell but it was Zinchenko who helped unlock Palace from a routine straight off the training ground.Photograph: Paul Childs/Action Images/Reuters It was certainly an improvement on Martinelli’s start to 2021-22, when he did not score for three months. The forward could be pleased at his interplays with Jesus, the pair resembling dervishes at times. Arteta lamented that Arsenal did not seal the points more quickly after that, ceding control too readily in spells, but they made sure as the minutes ticked down.
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