Crystal Palace 1–5 Aresenal: Gabriel Jesus scores twice for Arsenal as they get closer to the Premier League leaders. Liverpool

With a 5-1 London derby thumping of Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park, led by Gabriel Jesus, Arsenal fell three points behind Premier League leaders Liverpool.

Jesus made it five goals in four days against Palace after sinking the Eagles with a hat-trick in the Carabao Cup quarterfinal in the middle of the week. His first-half brace put the Gunners ahead 2-1 in the first fourteen minutes.

After Gabriel was knocked down by Bukayo Saka's cross, the Brazilian striker curled home from a corner to give Arsenal their 24th goal from a corner since the season began.

As Jesus struck twice, Ismaila Sarr curled Palace level. With four goals in his previous seven Premier League appearances, the winger is experiencing his own purple patch.

After the home team forced William Saliba into a mistake, Palace had a fantastic opportunity to equalise through Jean-Philippe Mateta, but Arsenal custodian David Raya equalised the close-range attempt.

When Saka hobbled off with what appeared to be a hamstring injury, Arsenal's situation grew much more awkward.

However, Arsenal was given some breathing room to calm them down. Kai Havertz stayed onside to tap into an empty net as Jesus headed a cross from the right onto the post, just moments after Gabriel had struck the bar from another perilous corner.

Palace entered the second half in a positive mindset, but Raya's gloves matched theirs as the home team appeared certain to pull one back. Raya made excellent saves from Sarr twice and Mateta.

Arsenal found a fourth on the hour mark, making Palace pay once more. Dean Henderson's foot stopped Jesus' close-range attempt inside the penalty area, but Declan Rice, a substitute, got the rebound and Gabriel Martinelli deflected his shot in after he stayed onside.

With five minutes remaining, Rice converted from a supplier to a goal scorer, curling home from inside the box to make the London derby a landslide.

With two games remaining, leaders Liverpool are now three points ahead of Arsenal as a result. The first of those is a trip to Tottenham on Super Sunday.

Arteta: The title race may go any way.

Mikel Arteta, manager of Arsenal:

"Today, we were clinical. We were better the other day in a lot of areas, but this is football. Given that David made two excellent saves as well, we must admit that we were really clinical today, excelled at scoring in various stages as we wanted to, and avoided conceding more realistically.

"I don't much enjoy the word control. I enjoy being really dominant—but only in the appropriate contexts. I prefer not to give up anything that we haven't done in the previous four games. We gave up more today, particularly after giving up two significant opportunities. We always want balance, and when you succeed, everything is fine.

"We haven't arrived yet, but [Liverpool] has a few games left."

"Winning in any sport is extremely difficult for every squad. We want to keep our noses in there and compete in every game because anything can happen. The season is still not even halfway over.

Glasner: Arsenal will win if you give them a chance!

Oliver Glasner, manager of Crystal Palace, to Sky Sports:

"When I compare the first half performance to the Emirates [in the Carabao Cup], it can be chaotic at times in football. Today was much better, but we were behind 3-1 when we were ahead, so it's funny because I felt like we accomplished a lot of things well.

"We had terrible box defence; the first goal was a cross, the second was a set-play, and the third was a cross where we didn't mark the man. They penalised us for the calibre of their players.

"Everything must be nearly flawless if you want to defeat a side like Arsenal. Today, it wasn't good enough. Although we generated opportunities, the outcome is dismal. We watched the players in the box far too often.

"You're not likely to score a point when you give up five! However, we did have a great opportunity before they scored a third goal, even though we were behind 2-1. We had a lot of chances in the second half, but the game ended when they scored the fourth goal.

"We stopped believing that we could return. However, we gave them the objectives, and returning is difficult.

"We can draw a lot of favourable conclusions from the first sixty minutes. Despite having to defend the box, we gave one of our better efforts overall.

"The pressure we applied, the balls we were winning, the way we moved the ball while in possession, and the number of opportunities we generated." We'll learn from it, of course. We must realise that the best teams steal the show when you give them a break.