Arsenal beat Crystal Palace by a single goal while keeping a clean sheet. The goal was the result of a quick free kick by Martinelli that Nketiah latched on before being upended by the Crystal Palace goalkeeper, for a spot kick that was dispatched masterfully by Odegaard. Tomiyasu received two yellow cards in quick succession, both deemed soft, even by the not so neutral (in fact previously proven anti Arsenal) pundits. There were two egregious fouls by the opponents that did not result in a yellow card, including a bad foul by Ayew that would have been a second yellow. Arteta made some changes at the end, bringing in big Gabriel, Jorginho, Kiwior, and Zinchenko, to close the game.