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Greatest goals from Arsenal v Crystal Palace down the years By Oscar Maung-Haley With Arsenal's weekend clash against Crystal Palace coming up, we take a look back at some special goals from some previous encounters Olivier Giroud vs Crystal Palace Let’s start with the best of the bunch. Yes, THAT Olivier Giroud goal. Collecting the ball just outside of the Gunners box, Hector Bellerin fired a pass into the feet of Giroud, whose delightful backheel pass to Granit Xhaka set things in motion. From there, Xhaka gave the ball to Alex Iwobi, who set Alexis Sanchez free down the right hand side. The Chilean winger stopped just shy of the box, put the ball back onto his right foot and lifted a cross into the area, probably intended to find the head of the towering Giroud. What unfolded next was a moment of sheer brilliance. With the ball behind him, Giroud produced an outrageous scorpion kick that almost no one could have predicted, clipping the underside of Palace keeper Wayne Hennessey’...

By Oscar Maung-Haley With the news that William Saliba is set to join Marseille on loan after arriving at the Emirates two years ago for a whopping £27m, we look back on Arsenal’s worst transfer dealings of all time… Shkodran Mustafi Signed for a mammoth £35m from Valencia in 2016, Shkodran Mustafi was one of the first names on our list. During his five years at the Emirates, the German defender underwhelmed, developing a bit of a reputation for gaffes and errors. The transfer fee was an enormous outlay for Arsenal at the time. At £35m, he should have been one of Arsenal’s building blocks for the future, helping them challenge for titles and silverware again. But Mustafi never lived up to his price tag, having his contract terminated in February of this year. He now plays for Schalke who got relegated this season…poor guy cannot catch a break! The entire 2011/12 summer transfer window To be honest, a number of the spots on our list could have gone to players from this summer transfer w...

Should Arsenal bring Aaron Ramsey back to the Emirates this summer? By Peter White There’s just one game of the Premier League season remaining, and it is surely safe to say that plans for 2021/22 are firmly underway at the Emirates after a largely underwhelming campaign.  An unlikely shot at European qualification remains a possibility following Wednesday night’s 3-1 win at London neighbours Crystal Palace, with the Gunners just one point adrift of Spurs and Everton in the race for seventh place.  Two goals from Nicolas Pepe either side of a late Gabriel Martinelli strike got the job done at Selhurst Park, with Christian Benteke finding the net for the Eagles in Roy Hodgson’s final home game in charge.  Victory at home to Brighton on Sunday - alongside both Spurs and Everton dropping points - would earn Arsenal a spot in the newly-created UEFA Europa Conference League next season.  While hardly as glamorous as the coveted Champions League, or even the Europa League ...