After almost two months, Arsenal celebrated twice after winning 2-1 against Nottingham Forest at the City Ground in the 22nd matchday of the Premier League.
With this victory, Mikel Arteta’s team reduced the gap to leaders Liverpool to two points, but having a game in hand, while the home team lost for the second match in a row and failed to move up some places in the standings.
On 14′ Arsenal went close but Jesus from close range was unable to score, with Nottingham having a good shot from Wood on 23′. In general, the first part was not good, with the hosts closing the spaces well and blocking the “gunners”.
Arsenal came on strong in the second half, had a very good moment in the 53′ with Saka and a crossbar in the 57′ with Jesus, to open the scoring in the 66′. From the wing Zinchenko found Jesus, the defense fell asleep and the Brazilian put the ball under Turner’s feet for 0-1.
In fact, in the 72nd minute, Arsenal found a second goal when Odegaard found Jesus in the area with an excellent ball, the Brazilian made the turn and Saka scored 0-2 with a placekick from inside the area. Nottingham reacted and in the 88th minute it was reduced to 1-2 with a tremendous effort and a finish by Avonigi, but in the remaining minutes until the finale, he did not manage to find the equalizer even though he pushed hard.
Nottingham Forest: Turner, Mangala (71′ Yates), Williams (78′ Elanga), Tofolo, Montiel, Danilo, Omobamidele, Dominguez (64′ Hudson Ondoi), Mourinho, Gibbs White, Wood (46′ Avonigi).
Arsenal: Raya, White, Gabriel, Saliba, Zinchenko (90+2′ Kivior), Rice, Smith Rowe (71′ Havertz), Edegaard (90+2′ Jorginho), Saka, Martinelli (78′ Trossard), Jesus (78 Enketia).