ARSENAL 3-0 NOTTINGHAM FOREST: Bukayo Saka scored the opener and teed up Thomas Partey for the second as Mikel Arteta's team returned to winning ways at the Emirates
But deep down the Arsenal manager will have been delighted by this emphatic response to the four-game winless run that has threatened to derail their title ambitions.
Electric academy graduate Ethan Nwaneri converted a clinical third three minutes after coming off the bench. Arsenal ’s intent was clear from the outset with Saka and Odegaard having first-time efforts blocked while Jurrien Timber saw a close-range finish from a set-piece ruled out following a lengthy VAR check.
He played a one-two inside the area with Odegaard and then slaloming his way across the box surrounded by blue shirts. Saka’s patience eventually paid off as he spotted a small gap and drilled firmly past Matz Sels. But Arteta’s decision to replace Jorginho - on a booking for fouling Anthony Elanga - with Thomas Partey at the interval paid quick dividends.Forest, for once, were slow to react and Partey took a touch to steady himself before drilling clinically past Sels.
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