Arsenal Held to Goalless Draw at Forest

It’s saying something even for this amazing Nottingham Forest season, whereby even drawing a draw from Arsenal at the City Ground on Wednesday will let the Tricky Trees down.

The Gunners finish the day 13 points down of leaders Liverpool, and the nil-nil draw saw visiting Arsenal again shut out in a pivotal late-season game. After the game, Mikel Arteta spoke bitter comments since Arsenal’s title fire has faded to a flicker.Forest fiercely fought resolutely and threatened more than once on the counterattack, but finally failed to halt the second-place Gunners.

Still six back of Arsenal, Nottingham Forest ends the day with 48 points. Although not for Nottingham Forest, Riccardo Calafiori’s first half far post cranking turned out to be a warning indication. With Mikel Merino up top, the Arsenal back’s almost moment was the most threatening one for the Gunners who once created nothing.

With 65% possession unable to enable Arsenal score a complete predicted goal on the day (0.95), only two of the Gunners 13 shots landed on target. Although injuries to Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel Martinelli, and Kai Havertz clearly cause great suffering beyond their individual illnesses, a team this gifted required answers in January. It says something that some Gunners supporters will be regretting the losses of Eddie Nketiah and Reiss.