Townsend's driven cross almost creates something, but Arsenal nick it back and break through Wilshere! However, Palace get back quickly as the ball is played to ozil, and the German is crowded out on the byline. That looks like the last chance for either side now.
90' +3
Arsenal are just seeing the game out now, taking it towards the corner with Bellerin and Sanchez. Not long left now.
89'
J. Tomkins has scored a goal for Crystal Palace! Assist by A. Townsend.
MISS! How is it not 3-2?! Sako meets a low cross in the middle of the box, but it's deflected just past the post!
Townsend's delivery was decent, but Tomkins had it far too easy at the far post.
GOAL! It is now! Tomkins rises highest at the back post to nod the corner in! Very lax marking from Arsenal, who didn't look interested. It's 3-2 with FOUR minutes of stoppage time to be played!
87'
A. Maitland-Niles enters the game and replaces G. Xhaka.
Xhaka does have to be replaced, and Maitland-Niles - who has impressed in several first-team appearances on the left of the defence - gets a chance in his preferred central midfield role for the last few minutes of the game.
86'
MISS! Palace are still pushing! Sako blasts one high over the bar from the edge of the area, and he really should have done better.
85'
CHANCE! Zaha nearly makes up for his miss as he gets on the end of some wonderful interplay to put a ball across the face of goal, but it's hacked clear!
83'
MISS! What a miss by Zaha! He's been excellent tonight, and Palace fans would have wanted any chance to fall to him, but he makes a mess of this one. A cross comes in from the right and Zaha goes to head it, but it comes off his shoulder and bounces well wide! A Palace goal there could have made the last few minutes very interesting.
82'
Xhaka goes down clutching his hamstring, and it doesn't look good for the Arsenal man. He goes off and eventually reurns to the pitch, but he may still have to be replaced.
81'
SAVE! Bellerin blasts a shot at goal from a tight angle, but Speroni keeps it out and holds on at the second attempt.
80'
T. Fosu-Mensah enters the game and replaces M. Kelly.
Kelly comes off for Fosu-Mensah in Hodgson's last roll of the dice.
Zaha is still trying to inspire a comeback, and drives at Chambers down the flank before winning a corner, but it comes to nothing. You can't fault his effort.
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78'
Sanchez fires a through-ball towards Bellerin, but it's too heavy and not even the Spaniard can get there in time, despite his best efforts.
76'
A shake of the head from Zaha as he's penalies for a foul, giving Arsenal a free-kick on the right. He hasn't been at all happy with the referee this evening.
75'
F. Coquelin enters the game and replaces A. Lacazette.
A surprisingly negative substitution from Wenger as Coquelin replaces Lacazette. Sanchez moves into the central striker's role, while Wilshere pushes forward to join them as the substitute sits in midfield.
73'
Palace try to break quickly, but the final ball is loose and Arsenal deal with it. The hosts look a little lacklustre now - perhaps they believe the game is gone.
70'
B. Sako enters the game and replaces R. Loftus-Cheek.
Loftus-Cheek is replaced by Sako in an attacking change as Hodsgon tries to get his side back into the game.
69'
MISS! Ozil arrives late into the box to meet a cut-back, but he skies his effort at goal! Arsenal look comfortable again now that they have restored their two-goal advantage.
66'
A. Sánchez has scored a goal for Arsenal! Assist by J. Wilshere.
What a peach of a ball by Wilshere. His range of passing is exceptional, and we may be seeing him get back to his best.
GOAL! Sanchez doubles the lead! Wilshere reminds the world of his qualities with a superb over-the-top through ball to Sanchez, who has the simple task of bursting past the defenders, latching onto it and slotting the ball into the bottom corner! It's 3-1 to Arsenal!
62'
A. Sánchez has scored a goal for Arsenal! Assist by A. Lacazette.
Arsenal win a corner as Lacazette shows a good burst of pace to get to a raking Bellerin ball down the right and play it off the defender from the byline.
Lacazette has had a quiet game, and he doesn't have Giroud's physical presence in the box when teams sit deep, but he showed good back-to-goal play there to make a difference in a difficult game for him.
GOAL! Sanchez restores Arsenal's lead! Lacazette gets the ball from Ozil in the box with his back to goal, and and lays off to Sanchez, who strikes a low effort through the legs of a defender and squeezes it inside the near post, despite Speroni getting his fingertips to it! It's 2-1 to Arsenal!
60'
Arsenal pile the pressure on, but Palace hold firm and keep their shape, making it very difficult for Arsenal to break them down.
58'
Palace enjoy a spell of possession, but Townsend is caught offside and Arsenal get it back. The hosts have looked a different team since their goal.
55'
MISS! Loftus-Cheek is allowed to advance, unchallenged, to the edge of the box, shift the ball to his right foot and take a shot at goal. It was a poor effort, sliced well wide, but it was shambolic defending from Arsenal.
53'
J. McArthur enters the game and replaces Y. Cabaye.
MISS! Zaha again sets up a team-mate, this time Schlupp, but his near-post effort can only find the side-netting!
Cabaye is replaced by McArthur as Hodgson looks to freshen up his midfield.
52'
SAVE! Palace have their tails up now! Zaha is creating chance after chance, first linking up well with Loftus-Cheek, whose effort was blocked away, and then firing a stinging effort into the gloves of Cech.
49'
A. Townsend has scored a goal for Crystal Palace! Assist by W. Zaha.
Zaha is the difference-maker in this team, and he showed it again there. Once he was isolated against his defender, he was always the favourite.
GOAL! Palace are level! And it's that man Zaha who makes it. He gets one-on-one with Chambers, beats him with ease, and his low cut-back into the box finds an umarked Townsend, who fires the ball low into the corner! It's 1-1! Arsenal will rue those missed chances now.
48'
CHANCE! Arsenal immediately go on the attack, and after a low Wilshere ball from the left doesn't quite find its target, Bellerin makes a surging run into the box to meet a wonderful cross, but he can't quite get the right connection on it and Speroni gathers desperately at his feet! What a chance to go 2-0 up!
46'
And Arsenal get us going again at the start of the second half!
45' +2
W. Zaha gets yellow.
Zaha is booked for dissent after the half-time whistle, and Palace captain Dann has to shepherd him down the tunnel.
45'
Ozil and Wilshere do well to contain Zaha's pace and trickery on the left, before the Ivory Coast international fouls Wilshere after he'd won the ball back. There's just the one minute of added time to go.
42'
Cabaye's free-kick delivery to the back post is half-cleared to Schlupp, but Bellerin is there to put him off his shot and it's comfortably wide.
38'
SAVE! How have Arsenal not scored again?! They break quickly from a Palace free-kick, and Sanchez's ball into Ozil is excellent, allowing the German to break between the two centre-halves and get one-on-one with Speroni in the box! However, he's under challenge from one and Speroni has advanced to meet him, so he tries to play it square to Bellerin to tap into an empty net, but it's just too hard and the chance goes begging! Xhaka then hits one from range that Speroni deals with.
35'
MISS! Lacazette, who has had a quiet game so far, gets the ball on the edge of the box and makes space for a shot, feinting one way and going the other. He gets away from three defenders in the end, but his low, fizzing effort is just the wrong side of the post.
33'
CHANCE! Bellerin gets into a fantastic position on the byline and tries to cut back for a queue of Arsenal players in the box, but it's an outstanding block and the ball is cleared.
32'
MISS! Zaha creates panic in the Arsenal half and checks inside from the left before curling for the far corner, but it's narrowly wide! If anyone can change the game for Palace, it's Zaha. They will certainly hope to keep him in January.
31'
SAVE! Sanchez takes a free-kick on the edge of the box and fires one at goal. He gets his effort on target, but it was straight at the keeper.
30'
SAVE! Ozil gets the ball in the box and tries to clip it into the far corner, but Speroni makes a great save from point-blank range!
29'
C. Chambers gets yellow.
Chambers picks up the first yellow card of the night after an end-to-end passage of play. A Palace attack breaks down, and Arsenal try to play out from the back under real pressure in their own half, but it releases Ozil to spark an attack, which also breaks down, and Chambers commits a foul to prevent a Palace counter.
28'
Wilshere, who won the free-kick for the goal, gives one away himself as he lunges in on Cabaye in an attempt to spark a quick counter-attack. He feels he got the ball, but the referee clearly disagrees.
25'
S. Mustafi has scored a goal for Arsenal!
GOAL! Mustafi breaks the deadlock! Ozil's free-kick is twice only half-cleared, and Lacazette's cross-cum-shot forces Speroni to palm the ball away, but Mustafi was lurking at the back post to slot home! It's 1-0 to Arsenal!
23'
Ozil is robbed of the ball on the halfway line and the ball is fed to Benteke on the right, but his cross into the middle is dealt with and Arsenal get the ball back.
21'
SAVE! Arsenal almost create something for Lacazette in the box, but it's half-cleared to Wilshere, who smacks one at goal, but it's straight down Speroni's throat and he can catch comfortably.
20'
BLOCK! Fantastic work from Arsenal, but they are denied by an outstanding block! Kolasinac, Wilshere, Ozil and Sanchez all combine down the left to create a wonderful opportunity for Xhaka in the box, but his low, driven shot is blocked away!
18'
Bellerin is getting some joy on the Arsenal right, and he fires in a dangerous cross that has the Palace back-line looking nervy, but only Sanchez attacks it and Speroni gathers. That cross was in a really dangerous area - between the defence and the keeper - but nobody could get on the end of it.
16'
BLOCK! Bellerin cuts the ball back from the byline after being found by a wonderful pass, and Wilshere hits it first time, but straight into the body of a defender. Sanchez tries to follow up with a shot of his own from range, but that, too, is blocked!
15'
MISS! Cabaye fires a low shot towards the bottom-left corner from outside the box after receiving it from Zaha, but it's narrowly wide! Cech looked to have his angles covered as well.
13'
Zaha takes over from Townsend, who had held the ball up well, and weaves some magic in the box to win a corner off Bellerin. The corner comes to nothing, however.
12'
Arsenal's front men press well themselves, and force a very loose pass from Tomkins that goes straight out of play.
11'
MISS! Palace retaliate and pin the Arsenal defence back with some good pressing, nicking the ball as they try to play out from the back, but Cabaye's effort at goal is wild and nowhere near the target.
9'
MISS! Xhaka has a pop from just outside the left side of the box, and although he looks a little off-balance as he strikes it, it dips venomously and goes just over the crossbar!
8'
Arsenal get a great sight of goal through Sanchez, but his dummy sells only one defender, and they other is out quickly to mop up.
7'
Palace get their first real sight of the Arsenal area and - surprise, surprise - it comes through Zaha. He twists and turns and tries to slip one in, but it's behind his man and the attack fizzles out.
6'
A nice-looking Arsenal attack breaks down and Palace launch a long ball forward in an attempt to counter-attack. Cech comes miles off of his line and ends up playing a headed one-two over the onrushing striker! Not something you see every day.
5'
Sanchez drops deep for the ball and plays a lovely through ball to Bellerin on the right. He gets it back in the box and flicks it on to Ozil, who just can't find him with the return ball. It's all Arsenal so far.
3'
Xhaka shows good vision as he pings a lovely, swerving pass out to Sanchez on the left, but it's a little overcooked and the Chilean just can't get it under control.
2'
The referee plays advantage to Arsenal as Wilshere drives forward with the ball and feeds Ozil, who shows some lovely skill on the right, but is eventually forced backwards by some organised Palace defending.
1'
Crystal Palace get this game underway!
Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of this Premier League London derby between Crystal Palace and Arsenal at Selhurst Park.
The line-ups are out, and we'll start with the home side.
Arsenal XI (3-4-2-1): Cech; Koscielny, Mustafi, Chambers; Kolasinac, Wilshere, Xhaka, Bellerin; Sanchez, Ozil; Lacazette
Arsenal substitutes: Ospina, Walcott, Holding, Iwobi, Welbeck, Maitland-Niles, Coquelin
Roy Hodgson makes just one change from Crystal Palace's 1-1 draw against Swansea City last time out, bringing striker Christian Benteke back into the fold for midfielder James McArthur. Andros Townsend moves back into his preferred position on the flank to accommodate him.
Arsene Wenger makes three changes from the thrilling 3-3 draw with Liverpool in their last game as he takes charge of a record-equalling 810th Premier League game tonight, level with Sir Alex Ferguson. The Frenchman will most certainly be hoping for a win to mark the occasion. Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Nacho Monreal, and Alex Iwobi all drop out for Sead Kolasinac, Shkodran Mustafi, and Calum Chambers, as Arsenal revert to a back three.
Arsenal come up against a Palace side that lost their first three matches under Roy Hodgson by a 10-0 aggregate scoreline, but have taken 18 points from the 12 games that followed to climb up to 16th, and are currently on an eight-game unbeaten run - the longest in their history.
The Gunners, meanwhile, are looking to resurrect their form in tonight's London derby. A kind way of describing their recent results would be to say that they have lost just once in their last nine games in all competitions, but the reality is that a solitary win from their last five league matches is not what the Gunners would have been hoping for.
However, the Eagles may fancy their new-found home form to get them a result. Having lost their first three home league games this season without scoring, Palace are unbeaten in their last six at Selhurst Park (W3 D3) scoring twice in each game.
And they will perhaps feel confident of doing so and ending Palace's unbeaten run in the process tonight, having lost just one of their last 12 league visits to Selhurst Park (W6 D5), failing to score in just two of their last 19 league meetings.
Furthermore, Wenger's side have been poor on the road so far, winning just twice away from home - their joint-lowest return at this stage of a Premier League season.
Yet, Arsenal have been defensively solid in their Premier League London derbies this season, keeping a clean sheet in all three so far – they haven’t gone four without conceding since February 1999.
And there goes the half-time whistle! An entertaining London derby so far, and despite Arsenal dominating the ball, Palace retain a threat on the break through the lively Zaha. However, Arsenal's passing game has really been clicking tonight, and Mustafi's opener was a well-deserved one. Lacazette's dangerous ball to the back post following an Ozil free-kick had to be dealt with by Speroni, but Mustafi was there to slot into an empty net from the rebound. The Gunners continued to purr afterwards, and only some inspired blocks from some determined Crystal Palace defenders kept Arsenal from extending their lead. It's 1-0 to Arsenal here at the break!
And there goes the full-time whistle! What a thrilling game that was! Arsenal took the lead as Mustafi slotted home after Speroni had parried, and Arsenal looked dominant at the break. However, Zaha created something out of nothing to get his side level early in the second half, crossing low for Townsend to sweep home. Arsenal hit back through quickfire goals from Sanchez, as the Chilean squeezed a shot inside the near post, before slotting home after a peach of a pass from Wilshere. Tomkins nodded in a Townsend corner in the dying minutes, but it wasn't enough and Arsenal held on for victory! It finishes 3-2 to Arsenal at Selhurst Park, ending Palace's unbeaten run, but marking Wenger's record-equalling 810th Premier League game in charge with a win!
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