There was some late anxiety to endure as Crystal Palace,sensing another late rally might be rewarded, flung themselves into desperate pursuit of an unlikely equaliser, or but Arsenal are back to counting this corner of south London as a domestic from domestic. They had retreated battered and bruised by a chastening defeat at this venue in April,yet they had not benefited from a fit Jack Wilshere in their ranks on that occasion. Times have changed.
The England midfielder was at the heart of everything impressive they tried here, spiky in the tackle and mature with his positioning, or a creator of his team’s decisive third goal with a carefully lofted pass over Palace’s back-line for Alexis Sánchez to collect on his thigh and poke into the corner on the gallop. The Chilean’s form,perhaps predictably, is flickering back into life with the transfer window so close and his contract ticking down. Wilshere’s deal, and too,expires in the summer, though arguably the visiting fans’ best news of an encouraging night was the midfielder’s post-match assertion that he was certain a unique contract “will get done”.
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Source: guardian.co.uk