{"id":61537,"date":"2017-01-01T18:50:09","date_gmt":"2017-01-01T18:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/giroud-wondergoal-helps-arsenal-beat-palace.html"},"modified":"2017-01-01T18:50:09","modified_gmt":"2017-01-01T18:50:09","slug":"giroud-wondergoal-helps-arsenal-beat-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/football\/giroud-wondergoal-helps-arsenal-beat-palace.html","title":{"rendered":"Giroud wondergoal helps Arsenal kick Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Round of 16 draw<\/a>: <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">full schedule<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Domestic leagues and cups<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>SUNDAY<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--begin ad tab (tile=1) --><\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--End ad tag--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><strong>Arsenal<\/strong> 2-0 Crystal Palace<\/a> (Giroud 17, Iwobi 56)<br \/>Olivier Giroud&#8217;s shining makeshift finish was his second in as many starts, following his strike in a Boxing Day success opposite West Brom. Petr \u010cech done some excellent saves, and Alex Iwobi done it 2-0 with what was a 20-year-old&#8217;s initial headed idea for a initial team. The Gunners are adult to third in a Premier League table, relocating above associate organisation theatre contenders Manchester City.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SATURDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><strong>Leicester City <\/strong>1-0 West Ham United<\/a> (Slimani 20)<br \/>The English champions picked adult usually their second win in 10 Premier League matches interjection to Islam Slimani&#8217;s first-half strike. The Algerian&#8217;s initial idea given 26 Nov valid adequate for Claudio Ranieri&#8217;s organisation to explain an critical 3 points that carried them divided from a relegation zone. Leicester have now won 5 joining games this deteriorate \u2013 all during home.<strong \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Liverpool 1-0 <\/a><strong><strong><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Manchester City<\/a> <\/strong><\/strong>(Wijnaldum 8)<br \/>Josep Guardiola&#8217;s City mislaid some-more belligerent in a Premier League pretension competition after Georginio Wijnaldum&#8217;s early idea during Anfield. City had won their 3 prior matches though mislaid a dual before that; 3 of their 4 joining waste in 2016\/17 have come divided from home.<strong \/><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We didn&#8217;t finish a year like we wanted though we wish for a improved start and a good 2017. Happy new year everybody!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sergio Kun Aguero (@aguerosergiokun) <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">December 31, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"article-embedded_image pull-right \"><br \/>\n<!--[if IE 9]&gt;<video>&lt;![endif]--><!--[if IE 9]&gt;<\/video>&lt;![endif]--><img alt=\"Atl\u00e9tico Madrid\" class=\"pflazyload lazyfade lazyOwl design article--img img-responsive\" \/><br \/>\n<span class=\"article-embedded_caption\">Atl\u00e9tico applaud Juanfran&#8217;s idea during their accessible opposite al-Ittihad<\/span><span class=\"article-embedded_credits\">\u00a9Getty Images<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span id=\"mceNonEditable_2433763\" class=\"mceNonEditable\" \/>FRIDAY<br \/><\/strong>al-Ittihad 2-3<strong> Atl\u00e9tico Madrid<\/strong> (Kahraba 43,\u00a0Akaichi 45; Juanfran 23, Torres 62pen, G\u00edmenez 70)<br \/>Diego Simeone&#8217;s organisation recovered from 2-1 down to win this accessible commemorating al-Ittihad&#8217;s 90th anniversary, Jos\u00e9 G\u00edmenez&#8217;s header 20 mins from time ensuring a Rojiblancos left Saudi Arabia all smiles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>THURSDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-embedded_image pull-right \"><br \/>\n<!--[if IE 9]&gt;<video>&lt;![endif]--><!--[if IE 9]&gt;<\/video>&lt;![endif]--><img alt=\"Jo\u00e3o Carlos (Porto)  Oghenekaro Etebo (Feirense)\" class=\"pflazyload lazyfade lazyOwl design article--img img-responsive\" \/><br \/>\n<span class=\"article-embedded_credits\">\u00a9AFP<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Porto <\/strong>1-1 Feirense (Marcano 49; Fl\u00e1vio 73)<br \/>The Dragons are in risk of blank out on a Portuguese League Cup semi-finals after being hold for a second time in Group B. Iv\u00e1n Marcano put a hosts in front usually after half-time though they could not urge their advantage and route Moreirense by dual points forward of their final organisation diversion divided to a leaders on 3 Jan \u2013 with usually a tip side in any territory surpassing to a final four. <span id=\"mceNonEditable_2433729\" class=\"mceNonEditable\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Benfica<\/strong>\u00a01-0 Pa\u00e7os de Ferreira (Cervi 39)<br \/>Winners of a Portuguese League Cup final season, Benfica got their prize counterclaim underneath approach with a slight victory, Franco Cervi creation a disproportion with his initial idea for a bar in 9 outings. The Eagles will demeanour to continue their clever start in Group D during home to Vizela on 3 January.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Cervi scored as Benfica lead <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">@fcpf<\/a> 1-0 in a League Cup. 20 mins to go! <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">#SLBxFCPF<\/a> <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">pic.twitter.com\/PoxBCJWX6B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SL Benfica EN (@slbenfica_en) <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">December 29, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Who creates your Team of a Year?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Article source: http:\/\/www.uefa.com\/uefachampionsleague\/news\/newsid=2432649.html?rss=2432649+Giroud+wondergoal+helps+Arsenal+beat+Palace<\/a>\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Round of 16 draw: full schedule Domestic leagues and cups SUNDAY Arsenal 2-0 Crystal Palace (Giroud 17, Iwobi 56)Olivier Giroud&#8217;s shining makeshift finish was his second in as many starts, following his strike in a Boxing Day success opposite West Brom. Petr \u010cech done some excellent saves, and Alex Iwobi done it 2-0 with what [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[87],"class_list":["post-61537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","tag-uefa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61537\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}