Mikel Arteta: In the wake of his team's shocking loss to Crystal Palace, Mikel Arteta issued an apology and acknowledged that his team lacked concentration on the ball as they were beating 3-0 at Selhurst Park Stadium.

Crystal Palace celebrates as they pull off 3 points from Arsenal.

Because of the visitors' desire for Champions League , they went into the game with an open mind to secure their place in top four flight.

However at Selhurst Park, former Arsenal player Patrick Vieira, who is the boss at Crystal Palace, displayed a spectacular wining fashion over his old team.

According to Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta "It is time to accept the criticism, put your hand up and apologise because this performance was not good enough for this club, but then react,"

"From the beginning we were not at the races. When you come here you have to compete, you have to win duels and second balls and be aggressive and we were none of those."

If Arsenal had won or even drawn, they might have advanced over our rivals Tottenham, however they went down to a header from Jean-Philippe Matetain (16'min) after a free-kick from Crystal Palace man.

Later in the first half, Jordan Ayew evaded two Arsenal players and slid the ball past Aaron Ramsdale.

Martin Odegaard's drive hardly went near the back of the net as Eddie Nketiah struck the woodwork for Arsenal in the second half, however the Gunners could have had a goal after first-half game after displaying some progress.

With a late Wilfried Zaha penalty, Crystal Palace snatched an incredible victory in front of their home fans at Selhurst Park.

Of 2022 season, this is Crystal Palace's initial home league win, making Arsenal to still stay 5th below top 4 flight by goal difference, even though they still have one game yet to play while they level with some of the clubs in the table in terms of plays.

Setback for Arsenal in the league for a spot in Champions league next season

Arsenal had a terrible season start, though as the season has progressed, they have become a much better team.

On the strength of six victories in their previous seven games played, they did have that high spirit as game began believing they had a great chance for a place in the Champions League next season.

However, they were unable to get going against a resolute Palace side due to a lack of aggressiveness on their part.

Arsene Wenger's side still has a chance to make up for this dismal showing against Crystal Palace, as they have one game advantage over Spurs if they did utilise it .

Tottenham's 5-1 thrashing of Newcastle on Sunday has made Arteta aware that they must improve significantly in the next games if they are to finish in the top four.

For the sake of completeness, Gunners fullback Kieran Tierney might be absent for an extended amount of time due to a knee injury, meanwhile Thomas Partey was forced off during second half game also due to injury .

Pactrick Vieira applauds towards his squad as they show off a high performance against his former club Arsenal in a 3-0 win at home.

Following a long and distinguished career in which he dominated Arsenal's midfield, Palace manager Patrick Vieira is a club icon at the Emirates, where he came into seconds of a historic victory against his old team in October.

Back then, Alexandre Lacazette's injury-time equalizer crushed the hearts of Palace supporters, but this time, Palace put on an incredible show.

Every member in Crystal Palace squad played their role in perhaps one of the more spectacular results of Vieira's tenure at Selhurst Park stadium.

"It was a really good team performance," said Vieria. "There have been games where we performed well but didn't take our chances but in this game we performed well from the start and we managed to win the game and not concede.

"I don't think it is the best performance, it is the performance we want and expect. At the beginning of the season we had some highs and lows. This time we played well from the first minute and I am really proud of the players."

Trying to match such level of performance is the team's current goal in next game coming.