A tale of three halves In the first half (from minute 0-45), Palace had just 6 shots: 2 were from distance, 2 were inside the 18 yard box, and 1 was inside the 6 yard box, 0 shots on target. The first half was the very definition of abject shooting: 1 of their shots went out for a throw in, another of their shots wasn't even in the direction of the goal, a third shot was blasted into row Z, and two shots were blocked. In the second half (from minute 45-81), Palace had 10 shots: 2 were from outside the box, 2 were in the 'Prime Area' right in front of the Arsenal goal, 0 were on target. In fact, Arsenal had 6 blocks on those 10 shots. In the third half (from minute 82-95), Palace also had 6...
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