Holding goes diving in, Zaha hits the post

Sorry soc on a mate's dodgy streaming subscription.

Goal!!!!!!! Deadly finish Martinelli!!!!!

Ødegaard should have passed it.

Sakaaaa!!!!!
Finishing a brilliant passage of play stretching back a couple of minutes. Superb.

Ben white has been sensational

Excellent first half, patience then 2 good goals. Saka and Martinelli look sensational. Holding seems to have settled after a wobbly start. Good performances all round so far.
Palace have offered some threat on the counter, so not time to completely relax just yet.

Xhaka enjoyed that!

Classy.

And a slick passing move finished off by the excellent Xhaka. 3-0.

Scrappy goal from a corner from them. 3-1.
Keep the concentration now.

White has been majestic today.

Lovely. Saka was due a few goals and assists. That should be that.

Very classy from Tierney and Saka there.

Saka buries Tierney's cross from the edge of the box. What a player.
4-1 game over.

dangerous place for a free kick

Time to get Partey off.

Tierney really playing well.

???? weird substitutions

What a ball from Ramsdale to Saka

Jesus still looks dangerous. He really needs a goal to tell himself he's fully back.

4-1

Not sure what the line up was at the end. Had a kind of preseason feel about it, players popping up in places you don't expect

Time to believe now. No Brazilians called up over this international break, no distractions, COYG.

That's 6 straight league wins since we lost to City. Superb response.

Was it notionally Partey in at right back when White went off and Jorginho came on. I did think of that as an emergency solution as Partey has played there before and in reality is so good that he’d be the best back up to White but I’m not a fan of swapping out so many players from their main position

Another 3 points
The team plays beautiful football
Happy for Holding who did well today

Sadly unlikely to be with us next season

And importantly so, Zaha needed to be tamed

The key is keeping as much of these 11 for because when we get them out I think we are the best team in the league.

We’ve only been able to put out what most Arsenal fans would consider to be our best 11 six times in the league this season.

The first 11 in the invincibles season only started 2 games together

Really pleased for Holding to put a solid performance in, I’m sure there were a number of Gooners nervous about him coming in to the team.

I wrote before the game I was worried about White up against Zaha, but White had a great game and it was Zaha not really tracking back with must gusto that was tactical suicide when facing Saka on our right

Yes, he was a menace throughout. But we also saw the other lackadaisical side of him and his lack of defensive effort.

Saka and Martinelli should absolutely walk 1 and 2 in young player of the year. Both should really be in a conversation for the main award but I suspect Haaland will win that even if we win the league

It doesn't make sense to shift Partey. He's just too good where he is. I'd rather stick Tierney there if necessary. Tierney as an emergency centre back is not the worst option either.

Fulham pummeling Manure

Next game is big. We are home to Leeds while City have Pool. If City draw or even loose (not impossible) it could be 10 or 11 points at the end of that day. It would leave City with a mountain to climb.

It could well turn out that way. Liverpool won't roll over at the Etihad. Also, City have really tough CL games and there's no doubt that is their No.1 priority.

Blimey Fulham have lost their heads! Handball on the line when 1-0 up and the better team, red card and penalty….then the manager is sent off and Mitrovic barges the ref and he gets sent off as well.

No idea why Fulham argued the penalty so much it was absolutely clear. But 20 mins left don’t handball on the line, let the goal go in and start again at 1-1 with 11 men. The only time you can justify a handball on the line is literally the last minute of extra time when you’re drawing or leading