William Saliba’s pricey error noticed Arsenal slip to a 2-2 draw at dwelling to Crystal Palace on Wednesday, leaving Liverpool a degree away from Premier League glory.
Solely a Palace victory at Emirates Stadium would have secured Liverpool their twentieth top-flight crown with out taking part in in midweek, however a really outstanding set of outcomes are actually required to disclaim Arne Slot’s facet, who can wrap up the title at dwelling to Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday.
Palace by no means led however have been the higher facet for lengthy stretches, responding to Jakub Kiwior’s early opener with a high-quality Eberechi Eze aim earlier than working laborious to cancel out Leandro Trossard’s strike shortly earlier than half-time.
The second equaliser didn’t arrive till seven minutes from time and got here in weird vogue as Saliba gifted the ball to Palace substitute Jean-Philippe Mateta, who noticed David Raya off his line and executed a chic lob that clipped the crossbar on its approach in.
The draw means Arsenal are 12 factors off the tempo with solely 4 matches to play, whereas Palace are nonetheless twelfth however a degree nearer to the European locations and with an FA Cup semi-final in opposition to Aston Villa nonetheless to come back on Saturday.
Oliver Glasner’s facet shouldn’t lack confidence heading into that encounter, having given Champions League semi-finalists Arsenal a stern examination forward of their very own huge match in opposition to Paris Saint-Germain subsequent week.
A degree on the Emirates
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Information debrief: Arsenal attracts decisive in title race
Arsenal have solely misplaced thrice within the Premier League this season, as soon as greater than Liverpool, but the title race is all however run with 4 matches nonetheless to play.
That’s as a result of the Gunners have drawn 13 occasions, together with in 9 matches like this one by which they’d earlier led.
Not since Tottenham additionally drew 9 occasions after main in 2007-08 have a crew thrown away so many factors on this method, and Arsenal would nonetheless be sizzling on Liverpool’s heels had they held on to even a handful of these leads.
Having created probabilities price simply 1.22 anticipated objectives to Palace’s 1.75 xG, nevertheless, Mikel Arteta’s males might have few complaints with the outcome this time.