Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice was delighted after victory at Crystal Palace.
Rice was impressive for the 1-0 win at Takehiro Tomiyasu saw red in the second-half.
Rice said: Before the game we knew how big coming to Selhurst Park is, especially at the start of the season," Declan said. We needed to keep the momentum going, up until when we went down to 10 men we were in complete control, dominated the game, passed the ball so well, and should've been two-up in the first half. To score in the second half was really nice and then to hold on with the resilience we showed was perfect.
If you looked on the pitch, everyone is driving each other. We went into a back three, and the lads didn't stop talking, Jorgi came on and he was brilliant, he kept pushing and demanding. It's about seeing the game out.
They suck the goals in behind the goal here, and they're a full force when they're at it so to nullify them and not let them score tonight on their first home game of the season was a big plus."
