Leading an Art Lesson
The Sunday Mirror|November 24, 2024
GUNNERS TURN ON THE STYLE TO SNAP MISERABLE RUN
Alan Smith
Leading an Art Lesson

MIKEL ARTETA maintained his impassive look when the full-time whistle was blown.

But deep down the Arsenal manager will have been delighted by this emphatic response to the four-game winless run that has threatened to derail their title ambitions.

With captain Martin Odegaard making his first home start since late August and Bukayo Saka rejuvenated following an international break focused on recovery, the Gunners laid on a platter of delicious attacking football.

Saka scored the opener before feeding Thomas Partey for the second goal, consigning Arteta's decision to leave Kai Havertz and Declan Rice on the substitutes' bench to barely a footnote.

Electric academy graduate Ethan Nwaneri converted a clinical third three minutes after coming off the bench.

The only negative was that the winning margin was not even greater against a Forest side that began the day in fifth place and yet to taste defeat away from home.

This story is from the November 24, 2024 edition of The Sunday Mirror.

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