On Saturday afternoon, the second matches of the 22nd round were played in the English "Premier" League.
At "Selhurst Park" stadium, a small London derby took place - "Crystal Palace" hosted London's "Arsenal" footballers. The "Gunners", who started the game actively, could not keep the lead and lost points.
From the very beginning of the match, dominated by Arsenal, they broke through in the 12th minute when Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored after a great pass from Alexandre Lacazette.
After playing intensively for the first 15 minutes, the "Gunners" allowed their opponents to come back into the game, who began to sharpen their attacks more and more.
The equalizing goal came in the 54th minute - Jordan Ayew scored a goal after a mistake by Arsenal goalkeeper Bernd Leno, as the ball went into the net after a ricochet.
Arsenal found themselves in an even bigger hole in the 67th minute when the team's leader, P. Aubameyang, was shown a red card for a rough foul against the opponent.
Throughout the remaining time, Arsenal did not completely close up in defense and had a real chance to score a second goal in the 82nd minute, when Nicolas Pepe shook the goal post.
Arsenal, playing a tie for the tenth time this season, remains in the middle of the tournament table. "Crystal Palace", with one point more, occupies the 9th place.
Result:
"Crystal Palace" 1 - 1 "Arsenal"
12' [0 - 1] P. Aubameyang
54' [1 - 1] J. Ayew
67' P. Aubameyang ("Arsenal") sent off the field
