Arteta scored a penalty after Adlene Guedioura's foul on Serge
Gnabry before being dismissed on 65 minutes for a professional foul on
Marouane Chamakh.
Palace came close to a leveller but Joel Ward's shot
hit the crossbar and Wojciech Szczesny brilliantly saved a Mile Jedinak
volley.
Olivier Giroud secured Arsenal's win when he headed in late on.
The Gunners, on the back of their first defeat in 12 games after
losing to Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday,
were not at their best but secured a seventh league win in nine outings this season.
Palace were playing their first game since the midweek
departure of Ian Holloway as manager
and, even though they produced a hard-working performance, they suffered an eighth defeat in nine Premier League games.
Caretaker manager Keith Millen wanted a reaction from
his side after Holloway's departure and the Eagles looked much more
solid at the back in the first half.
Arsenal striker Giroud sent an early header over but,
despite the visitors dominating possession, their attacks were easily
dealt with.
The Gunners appealed for a penalty because of a Damien
Delaney handball, although it was more a case of ball to hand with a low
cross hitting the Palace defender while he was on the ground.
The vocal home support did their best to help their
team and nearly had a reason to celebrate only for ex-Arsenal forward
Chamakh and Guedioura to have long range strikes saved by Szczesny.
There was a lively end to the first half as Palace
midfielder Kagisho Dikgacoi headed wide of the Arsenal goal while, at
the other end, Santi Cazorla flashed a shot past the post and Aaron
Ramsey had an angled effort saved by Palace keeper Julian Speroni.
Arsenal were denied a penalty when Gnabry, who had come
on for the injured Mathieu Flamini, appeared to be caught just inside
the area by Delaney - but the visitors did get a spot-kick early in the
second half.
Guedioura lost his discipline when diving in on Gnabry,
and Arteta converted the resulting penalty as Arsenal scored for a 14th
top-flight game in succession.
Palace regrouped and were given added hope when Arteta
was red-carded for a professional foul on Chamakh. The Spaniard was the
last man when he felled the Eagles forward but will have felt the
dismissal was harsh considering it was about 40 yards from goal.
The home side almost compounded Arsenal's feeling of
injustice when Joel Ward's well-struck shot was tipped against the
crossbar by Szczesny, who pulled off an even better save in palming over
Jedinak's 20-yard volley.
Palace continued to press for an equaliser but were
caught out when Giroud nodded in Ramsey's cross from close range, with
Arsenal now unbeaten in 14 competitive away games.
Saturday, 26 October 2013
Arsenal beat managerless Crystal Palace to stay top of the league, despite having Mikel Arteta sent off.
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