Arsenal's top four bid shaken by Palace eNCA
Emery's side paid the price for a defensive horror show at the Emirates Stadium that leaves their hopes of qualifying for the Champions League via the domestic route hanging in the balance.The Gunners, who can also reach Europe's top club competition by winning the Europa League, fell behind to Christian Benteke's first goal for a year before Mesut Ozil equalised early in the second half.James McArthur took advantage of more woeful Arsenal defending to make it three.
Arsenal's first league loss at the Emirates since the opening weekend of the season means they need to improve a dismal away record when they play at Wolves and Leicester this week."We still have the possibility to achieve our first target -- qualifying for the Champions League -- through the Premier League or Europa league," he said.
Mustafi was guilty of appealing for offside rather than following Benteke and the centre-back made another costly miscue moments later when he headed over from close-range.It was that kind of afternoon for Arsenal, who felt Palace's Aaron Wan-Bissaka should have conceded a penalty when he blocked a cross with his hands.
"He's given an honest answer to a question, but that didn't look like the performance of a player keen to get away," Palace boss Roy Hodgson said of Zaha's influential display.
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