POACHER: Olivier Giroud scored Arsenal's second [GETTY] Almost immediately there was a warning sign for Palace as Mesut Ozil put the ball in the back of the net in the third minute only for his strike to be ruled out for offside. And just minutes later Danny Welbeck was pulled down by debutant Pape Souare in the box and Santi Cazorla confidently converted the resulting penalty with Julian Speroni diving the wrong way. Crystal Palace grew into the game in the first half and were perhaps the better side, but The Eagles were let down by some poor quality crossing from Wilfried Zaha. But in first half stoppage time Alexis Sanchez played in Welbeck with a brilliant through ball, and although...
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