Patrick Vieira, former glory of Arsenal and now on the bench at Crystal Palace, was very close to playing a dirty trick on his former club.
It was without counting on the former Lyon, Alexandre Lacazette, author of the equalizing goal for Arsenal in the 95th minute while the Gunners were down 2-1.
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Thanks to Lacazette's first goal of the season, who totaled 49 minutes of play with Arsenal since the start of the season, the gunners avoided an embarrassing defeat against an opponent who is still awaiting his first away success. . Especially since Arsenal remained on a positive streak of three wins and a draw after a nightmarish debut (three defeats in the first three games).
This Monday night, against Palace, it was the Gunners who opened the scoring thanks to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's third goal this season.
But Mikel Arteta's men gradually died out in this part, leaving those of Patrick Vieira to equalize first through the Belgian Christian Benteke before taking the advantage thanks to a superb strike under the bar of the Frenchman Odsonne Edouard.
Alexandre Lacazette, author of a very good entry, allowed Arsenal to avoid defeat but the North London club remains stuck in the soft underbelly of the standings (12th).
Crystal Palace for its part occupies 14th place.