Chamberlain fires Arsenal back to the top

Arsenal's Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, out for 5 months with a knee injury, scored doubly to steer his team to a 2-0 persuade Crystal Palace on Sunday and back to the high of the Premier League.

They might solely keep there till weekday once Manchester town, WHO they knocked off the summit, play third-

Placed Chelsea at the Etihad arena, however the 20-year-old Oxlade-Chamerlain's come back to fitness ought to be a

Huge boost for the Gunners within the title wrangle. Arsenal has fifty five points from twenty four games, followed by town on fifty three from twenty three and Chelsea on fifty from twenty three. Liverpool, WHO were control of a 1-1 draw at West Bromwich Albion on Sunday, are fourth with forty seven points. "I've been off the pitch for a jiffy and it's nice to return back with 2 goals and facilitate the team to a win," the

20-year-old midfielder told Sky Sports.

Oxlade-Chamberlain, WHO was wounded within the gap match of the season against Aston Villa, has created 3 substitute appearances within the league similarly as beginning within the safe syllable Cup against Coventry town before Sunday's come back to full Premier League action. Manager Arsene Wenger set to play him within the center of center instead of his usual wide position and was rewarded for his call.

"Crystal Palace were well organized and united in their want to try and do the work," Wenger aforesaid. "They are a physically sturdy aspect we have a tendency to|and that we} knew we had to require advantage of our probabilities, and we did." Arsenal required to hold back, to interrupt down a well-organized Palace aspect WHO have improved since Tony Pulis became manager at the tip of Gregorian calendar month.

Although they seldom vulnerable, they defended well till the second minute of the last half once Oxlade-Chamberlain found an area at the so much post to get with a fragile lob from a Santi Cazorla cross.

Palace went near associate equalizer, once Cameron theologiser headed straight at Wojciech Szczesny, however the sport was

All but over once Oxlade-Chamberlain scored to form it 2-0 when a neat one-two with role player Giroud within the 73rd minute.

That has been his initial goal for Arsenal since December 2012 and his initial in any match since grade for European nation against Brazil within the Maracana arena in June. The palace remained only one place and one purpose higher than the relegation zone.

SCHOOLBOY HOWLER

Earlier, a schoolchild howler by defender Kolo Toure value port triumph once he talented West Brom the equalizer within the 1-1 draw at The Hawthorns. His mistake came when sixty seven minutes once, below no pressure, he vies a loose ball straight across his own 18- meter line to substitute Victor Anichebe standing unmarked on the sting of the box and therefore the former Everton man laid-off past Simon Mignolet.

Toure might solely hold his head in his hands when his dreadful defensive that enabled Albion to grab a degree from the match port mostly dominated.

"He is the associate older guy therefore he is aware of it absolutely was miscalculated," port manager Brendan Rodgers told the BBC. "He is blasted as a result of he's a true conscientious guy. There's no blame for any of them."Unfortunately, it's value North American country 2 points, however, hopefully, we'll see it as a degree gained at the tip of the season."

Liverpool took the lead within the twenty fourth minute when Raheem Sterling and Luis Suarez connected au courant the proper of the penalty space with the Uruguayan crossing to the so much post wherever Daniel Sturridge tapped  home.

Sturridge has currently scored seven goals in his last six sequential port appearances either aspect of a nine-match injury absence and Sunday's strike was his fiftieth within the Premier League.