Arsenal defeats Forest to take second place in the Premier League

Arsenal defeated Nottingham Forest 2-1 at the City Ground on Tuesday, cutting their advantage over Premier League leaders Liverpool to just two points. Seven minutes after the first goal by Gabriel Jesus, Bukayo Saka scored the second.

He scored the first goal for his team in the English Premier League match against Nottingham Forest. Picture courtesy of AP

Arsenal defeated Nottingham Forest 2-1 at the City Ground on Tuesday, cutting their advantage over Premier League leaders Liverpool to just two points. Seven minutes after the first goal by Gabriel Jesus, Bukayo Saka scored the second.

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Mikel Arteta’s team defeated Manchester City to move up to second place in the rankings with 46 points after 22 games, winning three of their following four games. Holders City has 43 points, even though they have played two fewer games.

The match between Liverpool and Chelsea will take place at Anfield on Wednesday. 

Forest is two points above the drop zone in 16th place with 20 points.

Jesus broke the stalemate in the 65th minute, despite the fact that Arsenal had the better of the play don’t use commas before and were unable to apply any pressure to the Forest goalie. Jesus was there to save Forest from a careless shot that went dangerously close to goaltender Matt Turner.

“(Arteta said at halftime) to keep trying , and in the first half we did good,” Jesus stated to TNT Sports. “Despite having a great first half, we were unable to find the back of the net. Keeping the ball in the third zone of the pitch is the simplest way to contain it. We were not the game’s winners, even though we had participated.

“We controlled more of the game because we scored in the second half.”

Gonzalo Montiel’s long pass past the halfway line in the 72nd minute gave the Gunners a two-goal lead before Forest could reply. After Jesus sent the ball across the goal, Turner was able to get a hand on it, but it was not enough to prevent Saka from scoring.

Taiwo Awoniyi shocked the crowd in the 89th minute by slamming the ball past the fans. Forest replaced it. Then, in the final seconds, David Raya made an incredible save in front of star Robert Pires to give Arsenal the victory.

Each club had three attempts on goal; Arsenal had nine, while the home team had nine.

Adebayo of Luton scored the first-ever Premier League hat-trick in the game against Brighton.

Tuesday’s 4-0 victory over Brighton & Hove Albion saw Elijah Adebayo score a hat-trick to help Luton Town avoid the Premier League relegation zone. At Kenilworth Road, the Hatters opened up a two-goal lead in just three minutes.

Adebayo scored his first goal with a header from close range after eighteen seconds. Winger Chiedozie Ogbene beat the offside trap two minutes and seventeen seconds later to make it two goals to one.

With help from Ross Barkley, Adebayo scored his second goal of the game at the near post in the 42nd minute. Alfie Doughty flicked in a corner to score his first Premier League three-pointer in the 56th minute.

Leicester City was the only other team to begin the 1998 Premier League season with a 2-0 lead over Derby County. Luton was clearly the favorite to get back to the second division as soon as possible.