LONDON -- These are the "magic moments" Mikel Arteta spoke of. That was how the Arsenal boss once described what Eberechi Eze could bring to his team and Sunday's 1-0 win over Crystal Palace was the day that prediction became a reality.

If there was one team who didn't need a reminder of the 27-year-old's talents, it was Palace. His five years at Selhurst Park climaxed with the winning goal in last season's FA Cup final, a dramatic intervention to settle a hard-fought game with a solitary goal.

But they were on the wrong end of it this time. Declan Rice swung over a 39th-minute free kick and the loose ball fell to Eze, who volleyed expertly into the corner; Palace goalkeeper Dean Henderson did not move.

In a further twist of irony, the goal bore hallmarks of Eze's strike for P

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