Arsenal hang on with 10 men to beat Crystal Palace 1-0

Arsenal`s French defender William Saliba (L) and Arsenal`s English midfielder Declan Rice celebrate after during the English Premier League football match between Crystal Palace and Arsenal at Selhurst Park in south London. Pic/AFP

Arsenal shrugged off Takehiro Tomiyasu's red card to extend their perfect start to the Premier League season as Martin Odegaard sealed a 1-0 victory against Crystal Palace on Monday.

Odegaard's second-half penalty at Selhurst Park put Arsenal on course for their second successive win. But Mikel Arteta's side had to dig deep to preserve the points after Japan defender Tomiyasu was controversially sent off for a second yellow card midway through the second half. Tomiyasu had been booked for taking too long over a throw-in before his dismissal for making minimal contact on Jordan Ayew.

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Arteta was delighted with the way Arsenal refused to surrender their lead as they moved up to third place. "Great win. I'm so happy. To play 30 minutes away from home with 10 men is extremely difficult," Arteta said.

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