{"id":241721,"date":"2025-10-26T16:45:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T16:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/241721\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T16:45:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T16:45:08","slug":"eberechi-eze-scores-for-arsenal-vs-ex-club-crystal-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/241721\/","title":{"rendered":"Eberechi Eze scores for Arsenal vs. ex-club Crystal Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ESPN<\/p>\n<p>Oct 26, 2025, 02:55 PM<a data-behavior=\"copy_link\" data-social-tool=\"copy\" href=\"#\" data-social-type=\"content\" class=\"share-popup-link icon-font-before icon-chain-solid-before reactions-copy-link copy-link\" aria-label=\"Copy Link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761497108_189_check.png&#038;h=80&#038;w=80.png\" alt=\"Copy Link\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a><a data-social-tool=\"email\" href=\"https:\/\/africa.espn.com\/football\/story\/_\/id\/46732011\/mailto:?subject=Eberechi%20Eze%20scores%20for%20Arsenal%20vs.%20ex%2Dclub%20Crystal%20Palace&amp;body=https%3A%2F%2Fafrica.espn.com%2Ffootball%2Fstory%2F_%2Fid%2F46732011\" data-social-type=\"content\" class=\"share-popup-link icon-font-before icon-email-solid-before email social-clicks-email\" aria-label=\"Email\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Email<\/a><a data-social-tool=\"print\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/espn\/print?id=46732011\" data-social-type=\"content\" class=\"share-popup-link print icon-font-before icon-print-solid-before page-action\" aria-label=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Print<\/a>Open Extended Reactions<\/p>\n<p><a data-player-guid=\"d5a7a22a-84b8-0c73-91a5-ec1567746a6e\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/251400\/eberechi-eze\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eberechi Eze<\/a> opened his <a data-league-guid=\"6949f3af-300c-35f1-beab-b95669eedd38\" href=\"https:\/\/africa.espn.com\/football\/league\/_\/name\/ENG.1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Premier League<\/a> account for <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"feb44e87-58fa-9597-2691-b3c32768ebe4\" href=\"https:\/\/africa.espn.com\/football\/team?id=359\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arsenal<\/a> on Sunday with an eye-catching strike against his former club <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"e8703d92-a160-9bbf-cb81-1be6f3fd7969\" href=\"https:\/\/africa.espn.com\/football\/team?id=384\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crystal Palace<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Eze is remembered as a cult hero at Palace who he helped to win the FA Cup last season, but fans of the south London club would have winced seeing the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"217dee4e-6974-a197-49a2-afda6e1788c9\" href=\"https:\/\/africa.espn.com\/football\/team?id=448\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">England<\/a> international score with a well-taken strike in the first half of Sunday&#8217;s clash.<\/p>\n<p>It was a goal that came from another set-piece, a part of Arsenal&#8217;s game that Mikel Arteta had said is a <a href=\"https:\/\/africa.espn.com\/football\/story?_slug_=arsenal-mikel-arteta-envisioned-set-piece-goals-10-years-ago&amp;id=46709326\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">decade in the making<\/a>, with Palace failing to deal with a <a data-player-guid=\"6d2a6f94-d9e3-a1ed-461e-4c0e61d67be3\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/238262\/declan-rice\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Declan Rice<\/a> delivery before Eze jumped on to the loose ball in the box unleashing a thunderous strike past <a data-player-guid=\"556a7122-7a95-5561-095c-cbd92cb05884\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/234172\/dean-henderson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dean Henderson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/>Eberechi Eze got off the mark for Arsenal in the Premier League on Sunday.\u00a0HENRY NICHOLLS\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Eze chose not to celebrate against the club he scored 40 goals for in 169 appearances in all competitions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; 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