Arsenal celebrate the end of their title-winning campaign with victory over Crystal Palace

[p]While they did not have an unbeaten season to play for this time around, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/arsenal/hA1Zm19f/"]Arsenal[/a] almost scored inside just four minutes, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gabriel-jesus/viMb6g9n/"]Gabriel Jesus[/a]’ shot came back out off the post, before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/henderson-dean/OpFOJojt/"]Dean Henderson[/a] got behind Noni Madueke’s follow-up.[/p][p]The former has a hat-trick against the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/crystal-palace/AovF1Mia/"]Eagles[/a] on his CV, and could have easily had another one in the first half alone when he was put through one-on-one, only for Henderson to smother his effort, before heading into the side-netting at the far post.[/p][p][b]But like coronation day scorers such as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/adams-tony/4AcK8srs/"]Tony Adams[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/henry-thierry/S4aJ3ciG/"]Thierry Henry[/a] before him, Jesus eventually got the goal he was threatening. In some classic Selecao telepathy, he was sent through again by his Brazilian compatriot and namesake [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/martinelli/dITe5M88/"]Gabriel Martinelli[/a], before rifling into the near post beyond Henderson’s reach. [/b][/p][p]Palace only mustered one shot before half-time themselves, although it was a good one as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/munoz-daniel/4vZVW6Ur/"]Daniel Munoz[/a]’s diving header was terrifically tipped away by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/arrizabalaga-kepa/Yq2dyUwN/"]Kepa Arrizabalaga[/a] on his one and only PL appearance this season.[/p][p][b]Perhaps expectedly, both teams made multiple changes ahead of the second half, and one of them had an instant impact for Arsenal in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/havertz-kai/rH8BZWiI/"]Kai Havertz[/a]. No surprises that the Gunners’ second goal came from a corner, with Martinelli whipping it to the far post for Havertz to head back to Madueke, who neatly volleyed home.[/b][/p][embed guid="c1d5f784-cd2b-4453-91ea-088c7151adb6" url="https://x.com/premierleague/status/2058582580258087000" social-type="twitter" /][p]Palace at least showed some fight after and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/larsen-jorgen/lQ5EYyWg/"]Jorgen Strand Larsen[/a] will feel like he should have done better when he fired over from inside the box.[/p][p]Arsenal fans were still cheering though and were extra jubilant when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/merino-mikel/QFt86bm1/"]Mikel Merino[/a] was substituted on after months out injured, replacing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/max-dowman/WzLvGkGO/"]Max Dowman[/a], who became the youngest-ever starter in PL history.[/p][p]Another substitute then grabbed the attention when ex-Arsenal academy graduate and more notably former Palace star [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/eze-eberechi/Stf4BYFn/"]Eberechi Eze[/a] was brought on to a mixed reception from the crowd.[/p][p]It was Merino though who squandered the best chance to get on the scoresheet when he struck over from close range in the latter stages.[/p][p][b]Palace managed to pull a goal back through two substitutes combining, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/santos-yeremi/8fnHDvMe/"]Yeremy Pino[/a] crossed for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mateta-jean-philippe/nsFUj6GN/"]Jean-Philippe Mateta[/a] to head home his fourth career goal against Arsenal.[/b][/p][p]Pino himself then struck home to briefly silence the away fans, but it was disallowed with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/guessand-evann/QXyb0B8i/"]Evann Guessand[/a] interfering in an offside position.[/p][embed guid="b857efa2-b27c-4beb-b851-c8643f3b935f" url="https://x.com/Arsenal/status/2058593930225070551?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/arteta-mikel/lAbHYaQM/"]Mikel Arteta[/a]’s men thus won a fifth straight PL game and lifted the trophy in front of the travelling support, with their 26th victory matching the tally of the Invincibles.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/glasner-oliver/CznGurCt/"]Oliver Glasner[/a]’s final home match in charge of Palace sees them end their five-game unbeaten league run at Selhurst Park (W2, D3), and both teams now have important European finals to look forward to next week.[/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/madueke-chukwunonso/Ac57P9Pt/"]Noni Madueke[/a] (Arsenal)[/b][/p][h2][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/arsenal-hA1Zm19f/crystal-palace-AovF1Mia/summary/stats/?mid=UNC9hLMj"]Catch up on the match stats with Flashscore[/a][/h2][h2]Key stats[/h2][image alt="Key stats" id="babfcf5f-5544-4975-b5f9-5fb210376773" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform" guid="e097746e-0b84-46b6-bde9-117a2f966459" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]- Arsenal have scored in 35 of their 38 games, more often than any other team in the Premier League this season.[/p][p]- Crystal Palace have failed to win in their last seven games in the Premier League; their last longer winless streak was from 14th December 2025 to 1st February 2026, a run of nine games.[/p][p]- Jean-Phillipe Mateta has scored 12 goals in the Premier League this season (one in this game), more than any other Crystal Palace player.[/p]