Arsenal kept Liverpool’s Premier League title-winning champagne on ice but only just as they were twice pegged back to draw 2-2 at home by Crystal Palace on Wednesday.

First-half goals by Jakub Kiwior and Leandro Trossard looked like being enough for a lacklustre Arsenal against a lively Palace side who equalised with an Eberechi Eze volley.

But there was a late twist as Palace substitute Jean-Philippe Mateta produced a superb chipped finish over Arsenal keeper David Raya in the 83rd minute.

The draw left second-placed Arsenal on 67 points with four games remaining, meaning it can only match the 79 of Liverpool, which still has five games to play.

Had Arsenal lost, Liverpool would have won the title on Wednesday, but it can now seal it with one point against Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield on Sunday.

AS IT HAPPENED: Arsenal vs Crystal Palace HIGHLIGHTS

Both Arsenal and Palace have huge cup semifinal games looming — Arsenal in the Champions League at home to Paris St Germain next Tuesday and Palace this Saturday against Aston Villa in the FA Cup.

Twelfth-placed Palace could have been excused if it was distracted by what will be the biggest game of its season.

Instead, it was Arsenal which was off the pace as it drew for the 13th time in the league this season and the fifth time in eight — a statistic that has allowed Liverpool to all but mathematically wrap up a record-equalling 20th English title.

Palace, which left key players Mateta and Ismaila Sarr on the bench but still fielded Eze, will have taken great heart from their display as it prepares for Villa on Saturday.

Eze took his goal brilliantly, connecting with Adam Wharton’s corner to bounce a volley in off the post past Raya.

But the best was saved to last as Mateta, still wearing the protective covering on his ear badly gashed in the FA Cup fifth-round tie against Millwall, lofted a sensational shot over Raya after a bad ball from William Saliba had put Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard in trouble.