Arsenal beats Palace 4-1 to extend Premier League lead

Saka scored twice and arrange the opener for Gabriel Martinelli, changing into the primary Premier League participant this season to achieve double figures for each objectives and assists.

Granit Xhaka was additionally on the rating sheet.

Martinelli opened the scoring the twenty eighth minute after handing over Saka’s cross.

Saka added a second within the forty third after accumulating a cross from Ben White and ending low previous Palace goalkeeper Joe Whitworth.

Saka then noticed an effort cleared off the road as Arsenal began the second half in the identical dominant method because it ended the primary.

Xhaka made it 3-0 within the fifty fifth after exchanging passes with Leandro Trossard and ending from shut vary.

Schlupp pulled one again for Palace within the 63rd, however any ideas of an unlikely comeback had been ended when Saka struck once more within the 74th.

Palace is three factors above the relegation zone, however fellow strugglers Bournemouth, West Ham, Leicester, Nottingham Forest and Leeds have video games in hand.

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