Arsene Wenger declared himself pleased with the response of his Arsenal side after they bounced back from an opening day defeat to take three points against Crystal Palace yesterday. Goals from Olivier Giroud and an own goal forced by Alexis were enough to get the first win of the season under our belts, and the Frenchman was happy that his team were able to grind out a result at a stage of the season where that's always a challenge. 'We have shown our strong response,' he said, 'and we have shown different aspects in our game that are vital in the Premier League. We had a good, fluent game in the first half and when they came back to 1-1 it was a mental test to see how we could respond....
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