Per Mertesacker and Santi Cazorla were delighted to have escape Selhurst Park with three points following Saturday afternoon's tough test against a physical and motivated Crystal Palace. The Gunners stole into a 2-0 first half lead thanks to Santi's early penalty and Olivier Giroud's close range finish but struggled to maintain the momentum in the final stages as they endured an aerial bombardment from Alan Pardew's men. Speaking to Arsenal Player after the game, Mertesacker admitted his team mates had been lucky when Glenn Murray hit the post with the game's final action. “At the end they tried to put us some pressure and get some strikers on. They nearly scored the equaliser so we...
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