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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 23809432" data-attributes="member: 158020">Crystal Palace 2 Arsenal 2:  Milivojevic on the spot as Gunners' winning run ends   <img src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/10/28/14/5501148-6325763-image-m-84_1540738636205.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   Luka Milivojevic twice held his nerve from the penalty spot as Granit Xhaka  went from hero to zero in Arsenal's 2-2 draw at Crystal Palace.The Palace  captain was denied from 12 yards by Jordan Pickford in last weekend's defeat at  Everton but stepped up to put Roy Hodgson's struggling side ahead in first-half  stoppage time.    Wayne Hennessey could only touch Xhaka's venomous free-kick into the top  corner six minutes after the restart and the Palace goalkeeper just failed to  prevent Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from turning home his ninth of the season at  the back post.   The ball was turned Aubameyang's way when Alexandre Lacazette clearly handled  a right-wing corner, meaning there was a sense of justice being done when Xhaka  - playing in an unfamiliar left-back role - crudely brought down Wilfried Zaha  and Milivojevic denied Arsenal a 12th consecutive win.   Zaha was the familiar inspiration for Palace's promising start – cutting  inside Shkodran Mustafi to drive against the base of the post before his  impudent flick released Patrick van Aanholt, Andros Townsend shooting wastefully  wide from the left-back's 16th-minute cross.   Arsenal settled and Hector Bellerin's hesitation in the Palace box allowed a  combination of Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Mamadou Sakho to make a goal-saving  block.   Mustafi's defending was not so judicious in the final minute of the half as  he needlessly lunged in on Cheikhou Kouyate, leaving Milivojevic to atone for  his Goodison Park woe.The Palace skipper was culpable when Arsenal drew level,  clumsily bringing down Lucas Torreira on the right-hand corner of the box for  Xhaka to perform his dead-ball heroics.   Aubameyang showed supreme poaching instincts five minutes later, at which  point Palace's anger was directed towards Lacazette's handball.   Palace substitute Max Meyer cracked a shot against the outside of the near  post but Arsenal were holding out effectively until Zaha preyed on Xhaka's  discomfort seven minutes from time.</blockquote>

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