Nottingham Forest’s unbeaten away run is over but Mikel Arteta said his Arsenal side were made to work for the three points, despite the handsome final score.
Forest arrived at the Emirates Stadium as one of just two Premier League sides undefeated on the road this season, but they were undone by the Gunners’ quality. Bukayo Saka scored in the first half with Thomas Partey and Ethan Nwaneri netting in the second.
It was the first time this season that Arsenal have won a Premier League match by three goals. While they are unbeaten at home, it’s not always been comfortable for them.They did eventually reach that level of comfort against Forest, but they didn’t get there as quickly as they would have liked because of the quality of Nuno Espirito Santo’s side, Arteta said. He picked out their threat on the ball and their willingness to run without it as two of their qualities.“Obviously at 1-0 something else can happen and we missed some big, big opportunities,” the Spaniard said. “Unfortunately we weren’t in that (comfortable) position earlier, but credit to Forest, they are a really good side.
“They’re a constant threat every time they have the ball, even when you have the ball, they are running. That’s why they’ve done what they’ve done, they’d not lost a game away from home this season and we are the first team to beat them, and that’s for a reason because we were really good.”
The loss saw Forest drop to seventh in the Premier League table. They could fall down another spot on Monday night if Newcastle beat West Ham.
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