Arsenal’s top-four hopes took a significant dent in a 3-0 defeat by Crystal Palace that leaves Tottenham in fourth place after the Premier League weekend. The Gunners do have a game in hand on their north London rivals but this was an out-of-character performance from Mikel Arteta’s side, as first-half goals from Jean-Philippe Mateta and Jordan Ayew and a second-half Wilfried Zaha penalty handed fantastic Palace just their second win over Arsenal at Selhurst Park since 1980. The rearranged postponed derby between Spurs and Arsenal, to be shown live on Sky Sports on May 12 , is shaping up to be a potentially-decisive encounter in the race for Champions League qualification. Crystal Palace have now lost just one of their last 11 games in all competitions as former Gunners legend Patrick Vieira continues to do a fine job. Arteta, who apologised to the fans for the performance , was asked post-match if perhaps one of the reasons for the defeat was the pressure being applied to them by...