LONDON • Unai Emery bizarrely insisted Shkodran Mustafi "has been consistent all season" after his abject display against Crystal Palace ensured the top-four race remained wide open. Sandwiched in between was Mesut Ozil's equaliser, but Mustafi was again to blame after losing James McArthur, who headed home from a corner. But afterwards, Arsenal boss Emery still felt Mustafi, who started as Sokratis Papastathopoulos was serving out his two-match ban, could "play very well". He said: "We still have the possibility to achieve our first target... through the league or Europa League. Former Gunners defender Martin Keown blasted the schoolboy defending, telling BBC Sport that "his poor decision-making is costing his team".

Source: BBC April 22, 2019 21:00 UTC