LONDON -- Befitting of Patrick Vieira's return to Arsenal, this really should have been settled in midfield.
Vieira was a colossus in the Gunners' engine room for nine years, and for long spells on Monday night, his Crystal Palace side were the better team in central areas of the pitch to an extent they deserved to leave Emirates Stadium with a win. Substitute Alexandre Lacazette's stoppage-time equaliser rescued a point for Arsenal in an entertaining 2-2 draw but the Frenchman's energetic cameo only partially masks the issues that came before.