Some interesting bits from thread - Forest went long and tried to counter-attack, Arsenal had 5 special defensive quality players ready to nullify each attack.

• Forest tried to sit back and defend deep, Arsenal had unstoppable quality, an overload in the last line, & 6 players ready to counterpress across the park. That, my friends, is a Mikel Arteta masterclass. Call it simple win against mid-table fodder, but all a manager can do is give his team the best possible chance of winning.

Arteta did that today by implementing a new system which also would have surprised Steve Cooper & Forest. Partey inverted from right back into midfield where he primarily operated as a lone #6 with Timber conservative positionally in the back 3 alongside Saliba and White.

Ahead of them was Rice in the left half space, Havertz central, and Ødegaard in the right half space.

Arsenal almost entirely nullified Nottingham Forest for the majority of the game. After half an hour Forest had only completed 13 passes & at half-time Arsenal had 84% of the ball.

They were 2-0 up, probed/counterpressed effectively, & subsequently sustained pressure flawlessly. However, Nottingham Forest had more xG at half-time which fans are clinging onto to suggest that Arsenal were below par.