- Safiu Kehinde
Arsenal football club has dented Nottingham Forest’s high-flying campaign with 3-0 trashing at the Emirates stadium on Saturday.
The Gunners proved a hard nut to crack for Nuno Espirito’s Forest side at Saturday’s Premier League fixture against the North London club.
Few minutes into the game, Arsenal opened the scoreboard with Bukayo Saka’s goal.
The England national had latched home a Martin Odegaard’s blocked attempt to put Arsenal into an early lead.
Nottingham Forest struggled to get into the game, but could not get past Arsenal’s watertight defense.
The visitor’s hope to get back in the game in the second half would be dashed as Thomas Partey’s 52nd minute screamer doubled the lead for Arsenal.
Mikel Arteta’s side would seal off the game beyond Nottingham Forest’s reach as Ethan Nwaneri tapped in a Raheem Sterling’s pass in the 86th minute to secure a comfortable 3-0 win for Arsenal.