Arsenal 1-0 Crystal Palace, PL: Eze Strike Gives Gunners Vital Victory

Arsenal’s 1-0 win over Crystal Palace — secured via a brilliant scissor kick by former Palace player Eberechi Eze — was made all the sweeter by City losing 1-0 at Aston Villa, with right back Matty Cash grabbing the winner from a fierce 19th-minute strike. With beleaguered Liverpool losing 3-2 at Brentford on Saturday, it has been a bad weekend for Arsenal’s chief title rivals. Eze barely celebrated after producing a wonderful finish from Gabriel Magalhaes’ nod-down to ultimately clinch a fourth straight league win for Arsenal. “The technique is unbelievable,” Arteta said of the England playmaker, who started the season with Palace before completing a move to Arsenal, the team he supported as a kid, for a reported initial fee of 60 million pounds ($80 million) late in the summer transfer window. This was a first league goal for his new club — and it came from a typical source, an Arsenal set piece.

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Updated on: 27 October 2025 11:31 am

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Arsenal's Declan Rice, centre, kicks the ball as Crystal Palace's Daichi Kamada, right, and Yeremy Pino look him during the English Premier League soccer match between Arsenal and Crystal Palace in London. | Photo: AP/Richard Pelham

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Crystal Palace's Marc Guehi, left, challenges for the ball with Arsenal's Viktor Gyoekeres, centre, during the English Premier League soccer match between Arsenal and Crystal Palace in London. | Photo: AP/Richard Pelham

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Arsenal's Viktor Gyoekeres, left, challenges for the ball with Crystal Palace's Maxence Lacroix during the English Premier League soccer match between Arsenal and Crystal Palace in London. | Photo: AP/Richard Pelham

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Arsenal's manager Mikel Arteta gives instructions during the English Premier League soccer match between Arsenal and Crystal Palace in London. | Photo: AP/Richard Pelham

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Arsenal's Eberechi Eze, second left, celebrates with his teammates after scoring his side's opening goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Arsenal and Crystal Palace in London. | Photo: AP/Richard Pelham

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Arsenal's Eberechi Eze, centre, scores his side's opening goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Arsenal and Crystal Palace in London. | Photo: AP/Richard Pelham

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Crystal Palace's Daichi Kamada, left, challenges for the ball with Arsenal's Jurrien Timber during the English Premier League soccer match between Arsenal and Crystal Palace in London. | Photo: AP/Richard Pelham

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Crystal Palace's Tyrick Mitchell, left, jumps for the ball with Arsenal's Jurrien Timber during the English Premier League soccer match between Arsenal and Crystal Palace in London. | Photo: AP/Richard Pelham

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Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer stands on the tribune prior to the start of the English Premier League soccer match between Arsenal and Crystal Palace in London. | Photo: AP/Richard Pelham