London: Arsenal got back on track after their opening day meltdown as Olivier Giroud&rsquo;s superb volley inspired a 2-1 EPL win against Crystal Palace yesterday.
<img title="Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech (left) and teammate Per Mertesacker celebrate their 2-1 win over Crystal Palace in London yesterday. pic/afp" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/aug/Petr-Cech.jpg" alt="Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech (left) and teammate Per Mertesacker celebrate their 2-1 win over Crystal Palace in London yesterday. pic/afp" />Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech (left) and teammate Per Mertesacker celebrate their 2-1 win over Crystal Palace in London yesterday. Pic/AFP
Arsene Wenger&rsquo;s side were embarrassed by a woeful 2-0 home defeat against West Ham United last weekend, but they went some way to restoring their confidence with a gritty display at Selhurst Park. While it was still far from a vintage Arsenal performance, there were reasons for Wenger to be encouraged &mdash; none more significant than the memorable strike from much-criticised France forward Giroud which opened the scoring in the first half.
Also heartening for Wenger was the way Arsenal refused to be shaken by Joel Ward&rsquo;s excellent equaliser, keeping their equilibrium to regain the lead through a Damien Delaney own goal and holding firm in the closing stages to secure their first win of the season.
Giroud&rsquo;s superb volley came in the 16th-minute after which Ward blasted Palace level in the 28th minute. Thereafter, came Delaney&rsquo;s own-goal in the 55th minute.
The Gunners hadn&rsquo;t lost at Palace since 1979. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m very pleased with the three points. If we had gone two games and zero points it would be difficult and we knew this would be a tricky one. Last week we had a stroll. Today we played real Premier League football from the first minute to &mdash; AFPthe last. "With the ambitions we have made you have to have full commitment and we had that today,&rdquo; Wenger said

Arsenal got back on track after their opening day meltdown as Olivier Giroud&rsquo;s superb volley inspired a 2-1 EPL win against Crystal Palace yesterday

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Arsenal got back on track after their opening day meltdown as Olivier Giroud&rsquo;s superb volley inspired a 2-1 EPL win against Crystal Palace yesterday

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