Milivojevic hails Palace’s spirit

Crystal Palace captain Luka Milivojevic believes a draw was a fair result after they battled back to earn a point at Arsenal on Sunday. The Eagles would have gone ahead of Arsenal with a victory at the Emirates but some sloppy defending saw them concede twice in the opening 10 minutes.
Sokratis Papastathopoulos and David Luiz took advantage after Palace failed to clear two corner kicks and Arsenal appeared to be coasting to victory.
However, Palace were handed a route back into the game after VAR intervened to award a penalty when Callum Chambers was deemed to have fouled Wilfried Zaha.
Jordan Ayew hit the equaliser early in the second half, heading in James McArthur’s cross, to complete the comeback.
Arsenal thought they had snatched a late winner when Sokratis scored from close range but VAR urged Martin Atkinson to rule it out due to a foul in the build-up.
The draw leaves Palace sitting sixth and just five points adrift of the top four with 10 games played of the campaign.
It has been a remarkable start for the club that was expected to be battling it out at the other end of the standings.
Milivojevic, who hit his fourth penalty in six Premier League appearances against Arsenal. was full of praise for the way his team-mates responded to falling behind. “The reaction of the whole team after 2-0 was great. We tried, we didn’t give up, we looked to create and we got the penalty to come back to 2-1,” Milivojevic told the club’s official website. “Second-half we started very well and scored the second goal and we then had one very good chance with Wilfried in the last minute. But they also had some good chances, so we can say both teams deserved a point and we can be happy.”