Arsenal 2-2 Palace Highlights, Premier League: Gunners Draw As Liverpool Made To Wait For PL Celebrations

Arsenal: Raya, Timber, Lewis-Skelly, Saliba, Kiwior, Partey, Rice, Odegaard, Sterling, Martinelli, Trossard.

Crystal Palace: Henderson; Munoz, Lerma, Lacroix, Guehi, Mitchell; Wharton, Devenny, Kamada; Eze; Nketiah

The Gunners have won their past five Premier League games against their London rivals.

Arsenal: W, W, D, W, D

Crystal Palace: D, L, L, W, D

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta talking to Sky Sports on Mikel Merino and Ben White being out: They could not be involved tonight. If they could, they would have been but they are not fit."

On Bukayo Saka not starting: "He was willing to start and impact the team the way he has been doing. But again he was not fit either."

On Raheem Sterling starting: "He brings quality, threat and unpredictability and gives us great strength in the defensive line."

On how important this game is: "It is very important that we maintain the same standards as with Ipswich. It was a really good performance and we have to come with the same determination and focus tonight."

On the Premier League title race: "The only thing we can do is win our games and perform at the highest level."

We will have kick-off soon between Arsenal and Crystal Palace at the Emirates Stadium.

Wow, goal early on in the game! Free-kick awarded for a foul on Gabriel Martinelli by Jefferson Lerma. Martin Odegaard takes the kick and Jakub Kiwior rises high to give his side the lead!

Gunners, after the lead, see their skipper Odegaard give away the ball and Palace make the most of it. But the visitors cannot trouble David Raya in goal and get a corner. Corner taken but its all safe for the hosts.

Palace, who are 0-1 down, are fighting tooth and nail to get back in the contest. Despite the shadow of a FA Cup semi-final hovering around, the Eagles are making a good account of themselves tonight.

Eberechi Eze plays a diagonal ball to Eddie Nketiah and the former Arsenal forward crosses it to Justin Devenny, who fails to convert and it is easily gathered by David Raya.

Arsenal have scored the most set-piece goals in the Premier League this season, with their 16.

Raheem Sterling, who hardly gets a game, plays a one-two with Leandro Trossard and then sets up Declan Rice, but the Englishman lines up a shot and hits wide.

Eberechi Eze scores from a corner, with a shot that deflects off the Arsenal post and goes in. Palace level and Liverpool FC's champagne really up and running now!

Wow! What a chance for the visitors to take the lead. Arsenal's counter is broken and Eze sends in a fantastic diagonal ball in the box and picks out Eddie Nketiah, who looks to outmaneuver Jakub Kiwior but sees his shot blocked by the Arsenal defender.

Palace, with their formation, are finding the space in the middle of the park, and getting behind the Gunners defence.

All to play for the Gunners and Palace tonight! Palace, if they win the FA Cup, are guaranteed a spot in Europe. Arsenal are in the UCL semis.

Two on Sunday and now one, Leandro Trossard is a man on fire right now! Jurrien Timber runs and passes it to the Belgian, who twists the Crystal Palace defenders, and scores to give the hosts a deserved lead.

Second-half is underway as the Gunners look to make Liverpool wait for their title party

Declan Rice was booked earlier in the half and now Justin Devenny gets in the ref's book.

After a slow start, the Gunners are getting into rhythm and their passes are flowing like butter. Crystal Palace, who had a good start, are sitting back and are willing to hit on the counter.

Raheem Sterling is subbed off in the 60 minute and on comes Bukayo Saka with a rapturous applause.

Justin Devenny, who has been booked earlier, is found in the pocket by Ismaila Sarr but the Englishman mistimes his shot and finds a corner.

Wave of Palace pressure with some golden opportunities for the visitors, as Oliver Glasner hits the ground in disgust. HOW HAVE THEY NOT SCORED FROM THERE!

Arsenal think they have scored a goal only for the linesman at the far to raise his offside flag but replays suggest the latter isn't. However, the officials state that Jurrien Timber has crossed the ball from outside the line and thus the decision goes against their favour.

Wow! What a save from Dean Henderson to keep his side in the game. Gabriel Martinelli crosses from the left flank, to Bukayo Saka, with the Arsenal forward hitting it from his left foot only for his England compatriot to make a great save.

Horrible error from William Saliba and Jean-Philippe Mateta makes full of use of it as he sees David Raya off his goal and scores a lob to equalise for his side.

Eight mins added on by the fourth official! Liverpool, are you watching!

Liverpool only need a draw against Tottenham on Sunday to wrap up the Premier League title.

Jean-Philippe Mateta speaks about his goal: "When I started on the bench I could see he [David Raya] was very high up the pitch. So I knew if I won the ball I could try, so I did and scored. It is one of the best goals of my career. I thought it hit the crossbar but thankfully it was in!

On how important this game was: "We have struggled for the last three games but we just listened to the gaffer and today was a good game for us.

On the FA Cup semi-final on Saturday: "We can go in with confidence and hopefully we will win the semi-final. It is a very big game for the fans, for everybody and I can’t wait to play on Saturday.

On his own form: "I am very happy. Hopefully I will score more goals. 14 goals is good but I hope for much more."

 "Excellent. Credit to the players. The reaction [to recent results] was amazing today. I'm proud of what the players showed. We scored amazing goals. I watched many Arsenal games and I can't remember a team with as many clear chances as we had.

"We want to show our identity and personality. It's important to keep this energy and confidence for the semi-final on Saturday.

"It was not our goal to decide the title, it was our goal to win the game. I think a draw is a very good result. More important is the performance. We are back on the track. That's what we need."