Match report – Player ratings – By the numbers – Video A return to last season's formation and line-up brought us our first win of the season, but as usual it was hard work at Selhurst Park. With Ramsey ostensibly on the right, Alexis left, and Cazorla back in the centre, we played very well in the opening period. There was more fluency to our football, we dominated them in terms of chances and one lightning breakaway saw Ozil feed Alexis in an area where you'd expect him to score 9 times out of 10. He's clearly not 100% match sharp yet, having had little in the way of pre-season, and he fluffed his lines when he should have put us ahead. It was Ozil who provided again,...
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