Mikel Arteta called Arsenal 's 1-0 win over Crystal Palace as his team's "most valuable win of the season" after the Premier League title race turned in their favour.

Eberechi Eze 's 39th-minute volley settled a hard-fought game against his former club which sent the Gunners four points clear at the top of the table as rivals Manchester City and Liverpool both lost.

Arsenal have won 11 out of 13 games in all competitions this season, but coming at the end of a week in which they beat Atlético Madrid 4-0 in the Champions League, Arteta said: "I just told the boys that I value more this victory than any other victory this season because we knew the difficulty of it.

"You come after playing every three days, you have a big opportunity as well with the things that happened du

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