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He said: “It’s nice to have a good group of goalies willing to play”. It’s a pleasure to watch his passing.

An own-goal from Crystal Palace defender Damien Delaney was the difference as Arsenal picked up a 2-1 win, their first victory of the new Premier League season, in a highly entertaining London derby at Selhurst Park.

Defender Per Mertesacker has revealed how clear-the-air talks helped Arsenal kick-start their Barclays Premier League campaign with a hard-fought 2-1 victory at Crystal Palace.

After slumping to a dismal 2-0 defeat against West Ham United in their Premier League opener, Wenger’s side had no margin for error at Selhurst Park if they wanted to avoid being cast adrift in the title race.

In the 54th minute, Arsenal caught Crystal Palace napping and Sanchez powered in a go-ahead goal his club desperately needed.

If not, I said, “My predictions: Welbeck still out, Wilshere still out but close, Rosicky obviously still out, hopefully no ill-effects from the game against Palace last week”.

The memories of the Barclays Premier League opener on Day 2, Sunday, August 9, is one Petr Cech will never want to remember.

Hector Bellerin’s deep cross from the Palace right was headed back down goalwards by a huge leap from Sanchez, and the ball cannoned into the net off Eagles captain Delaney.

“He’s got a great build, his physique is good and his mobility is very good, he handled the ball really well, he knew when to drop back and make a fifth defender”, Quinn added.

Jose Mourinho was on the verge of storming out of a media briefing on Friday after the Chelsea manager lost his cool during a grilling over his criticism of the club’s medical staff.

“I was at Tottenham for a while, but they did not want me, and I went to West Ham, which was the best option for me”, said Oxford, who is scheduled to receive his GCSE results next week. I was a striker back then.

“It was a very good performance, he was very important getting the ball out from the back in tight areas”.

Arsene Wenger heaped praise on Mesut Ozil after the Germany global produced an impressive display in Arsenal’s 2-1 win over Crystal Palace.

Cech made an unforgettable Premier League debut for the Arsenals as his mistakes led to two goals for West Ham.

“The game changed on two incidents”, he said.