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[ad_1] LONDON: 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. Arteta was delighted with the way Arsenal refused to surrender their lead as they moved up to third place, behind leaders Brighton and second-placed Manchester City on goal difference. "Great win. I'm so happy. To play 30 minutes away from home with 10 men is extremely difficult," Arteta said. "Some players were suffering physically. The subs wer...

[ad_1] LONDON: Ivory Coast international Wilfried Zaha, who has signed for Turkish champions Galatasaray, has been labelled Crystal Palace's "talisman and greatest player" by the Premier League club's chairman Steve Parish. The 30-year-old forward joined Galatasaray on a free transfer after turning down a new contract with Palace and will receive a signing-on fee of 2.35 million euros ($2.6 million) and an annual salary of 4.35 million euros, the Turkish club said. Zaha had been offered a reported £200,000 ($256,000) a week from the London club whom he joined aged 12. He has scored 90 goals in 458 games for Palace and was sent on loan to the club twice during an unhappy two-year hiatus at Manchester United . Parish called Zaha "our talisman, our greatest player" and said he "remains a true inspiration for all our young players in the academy". "We would not be the club we are today without Wilfried," he added. Palace manage...