Arsenal confirmed the ability of their switch window as their new signings stole the present to earn a 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest, and a debut defeat for Ange Postecoglou.
Martin Zubimendi bought the ball rolling with a shocking volley from the sting of the penalty space after the electrical Noni Madueke’s nook was cleared.
It was a deserved lead for Mikel Arteta’s facet – although Martin Odegaard got here off injured with one other shoulder downside – although their greatest probabilities nonetheless got here from set-pieces as Mikel Merino, Riccardo Calafiori and Jurrien Timber all went shut from useless balls earlier than the opener.
That narrative modified simply seconds into the second half as two new signings mixed to double the lead. Eberechi Eze, on his full Arsenal debut, raced down the left from a Calafiori cross to feed Viktor Gyokeres, who had a simple end from shut vary.
Arsenal’s Viktor Gyokeres doubled his crew’s leaed
Postecoglou’s Forest solely began wanting harmful once they had been two objectives down. Chris Wooden almost scored an audacious effort nevertheless it compelled an outstanding save onto the bar from David Raya, who saved a clear sheet on his one centesimal look for the membership.
But Arsenal saved stepping on the gears as Gyokeres walloped a near-post effort onto the submit, whereas substitute Declan Rice was inches away from connecting with a Timber cross for a 3rd.
However the third did come by one other set-piece, and one other purpose involving in a brand new signing as Zubimendi nodded in Leandro Trossard’s cross from a free-kick routine to seal the factors.
Arsenal’s Martín Zubimendi scored twice – his first objectives for the Gunners
It was back-to-back 3-0 defeats for Forest – underneath two completely different head coaches. Their present boss in Postecoglou – who confronted chants of ‘sacked within the morning’ and ‘are you Tottenham in disguise?’ – has a bit of labor to get ‘Angeball’ in movement.
Arteta: The requirements have been raised
Arsenal supervisor Mikel Arteta
“The brand new ones that they began, 5 of them as we speak, I used to be actually impressed with them.
“I believe you possibly can sense and really feel that there are new relationships flourishing there which are going to provide us various things to develop into extra unpredictable.
“We performed a entrance three that we by no means performed earlier than. It was good publicity for them. It was, by way of the timings as properly, precisely what they wanted as a result of they performed a variety of minutes and total very joyful.
“We’d like two gamers per place. That is soccer, nothing completely different. Once more, within the different groups while you see the qualities that they’ve, it is nothing new.
“The quantity of gamers that the gamers must play. They must play 70 or 74 video games all through the season, it is by no means been performed. When the depth goes that top, they aren’t going to have the ability to maintain that.
“So that you want extra gamers, the requirements have raised, we’d like higher gamers and there is not any secret.”
Ange: It has been a disruptive week
Nottingham Forest head coach Ange Postecoglou:
“It is a disappointing end result, everytime you lose a sport of soccer it is disappointing. Honest play to them, they’re an excellent facet, particularly right here at dwelling. If every thing’s going properly it is nonetheless a troublesome process to come back right here.
“However to maintain my disappointment by way of the end in context, it has been a really disruptive week for the gamers. Seven days in the past their world was completely completely different from what it’s as we speak. You have to perceive that, I definitely do.
“I can not fault the gamers’ endeavour and energy. I assumed we hung in there, however we by no means actually had management of the sport at any level.”
