Arsenal had goalscorer and captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang sent off by the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park
Arsenal took a 12th-minute lead when Aubameyang finished off a fine 18-pass move with his 16th goal of the season in all competitions
However, the home team hit back nine minutes after half-time through Jordan Ayew's deflected effort, before Arsenal were reduced to ten men when the VAR intervened to send off Aubameyang for a dangerous tackle midway through the second half
In a frantic finale, ten-man Arsenal hit the post while Palace had a shot cleared off the line
After the match, 
The visitors took no time hitting their stride as Palace - who began with new loanee Cenk Tosun on the bench - unwisely opted to stand off their London rivals in the early stages, with Arsenal opening the scoring with an exquisite goal
The move began with David Luiz firing the ball into the path of Mesut Ozil, who in turn fed Alexandre Lacazette just outside the area
 The Frenchman then picked out his strike partner in the box, with Aubameyang making no mistake from 10 yards for his 11th goal in his last 17 London derbies
The match turned on its head after half-time, though, as Palace woke from their first-half slumber and, roared on by the home faithful, drew level after 54 minutes with a fortuitous strike
James McCarthy was played in down the right and after Arsenal failed to clear the Irishman's low centre, the ball fell to Ayew, with the striker's shot somehow looped into the net with the aid of a deflection off Luiz's outstretched leg
Things then from bad to worse for the visitors when Aubameyang saw red for a dangerous studs-up tackle on Max Meyer on the touchline, but only after the VAR decided to upgrade Paul Tierney's original yellow card
Both teams had chances to win it in a breathtaking final quarter, but first Sokratis was on hand to acrobatically clear James Tomkins's header off the line, and then Vicente Guaita did brilliantly to turn Nicolas Pepe's low drive on to the post, before reacting impressively to smother the rebound from Lacazette
Arsenal boss : "I think the first 35 minutes were exactly what I want our Arsenal team to play like
 We were at it, we were very dominant, we controlled the game, we were in the right positions and we were so good in transition
"After that we had a spell when we started to give free-kicks away, it's more stop-start, but I was really pleased with the first half
 The first ten minutes of the second half, credit to them because they pushed, put balls in the box and throw men up front, we had more difficulties
"We conceded a goal where we switched off completely and it's unacceptable, I am upset with that, but after that we reacted very well after conceding goal and after Auba's red card, we were the team that I expected because everyone was at it again
"Crystal Palace boss : "We found it very hard in the first 20 minutes to exert any serious pressure
 They ran the game
 But we put that right in the 15 minutes before half-time when we made life much harder for them and that continued in the second half
 Over the total of the game, we can be pleased with the point
 It was a point we deserved
"The home side have struggled for goals all season long, which makes Ayew's fifth strike of the campaign all the more vital
However, while Ayew's equaliser may have had a large slice of luck about it, it was the least the forward deserved after yet another tireless display in attack for Palace
And it was maybe the presence of Turkey international frontman Cenk Tosun - who only arrived on loan from Everton on Friday - on the substitutes' bench that spurred Ayew on
Palace take on Premier League champions Man City at the Etihad next Saturday afternoon, while Arsenal face Sheffield United at the Emirates (both 3pm)
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