Arsenal regain the winning streak by five against Nottingham

Arsenal regained the tone of victories and leadership by defeating its guest, bottom club Nottingham Forest 5-0, on Sunday, in the fourteenth stage of the English Premier League.

The team of Spanish coach Mikel Arteta played his first meeting in the Premier League with Nottingham since January 16, 1999 (the latter was relegated at the end of that season to the first division and waited until this season to return to the top flight), against the background of a draw in the last stage with its host Southampton, who denied the club The London club won the ninth consecutive victory at the local and continental levels, and Thursday’s loss in the European League “European League” against PSV Eindhoven 0-2.

The draw of the last stage allowed the defending champions Manchester City to reduce the difference with the “gunners” to two points after the victory, and then the Spanish coach Josep Guardiola’s team grabbed the lead temporarily on Saturday by defeating its host Leicester City 1-0.

But Arsenal, dreaming of its first title since 2004 and the days of French coach Arsene Wenger, regained this lead with his tenth victory this season, which was decided in the second half after a difficult first half, during which he advanced since the fifth minute with the header of Brazilian Gabriel Martinelli after a cross from Bukayo Saka, who then came out injured, leaving His place in the 27th minute was for Reiss Nelson, who played the main role in deciding the three points by scoring a double at the beginning of the second half.

Nelson scored the first goal in the 49th minute after a counter-attack and a pass from the Brazilian Gabriel Jesus.

He initially hit the ball at goalkeeper Dean Henderson, but it returned to him and he followed it into the net, to score his first goal in the Premier League two years and 107 days ago, specifically since he opened his scoring tally On July 15, 2020, when he helped lead the London club to a 2-1 victory over Liverpool.

And soon Nelson added his second personal goal for him and his third for his team after another pass from Jesus (52), before the 22-year-old, who played for two seasons with German Hoffenheim and Dutch Feyenoord on loan, turned into the passer in the wonderful fourth goal scored by Ghanaian Thomas Partey from outside area (78).

The Norwegian Martin Odegar completed the festival with a fifth goal he scored in the 78th minute with a powerful shot from inside the area after another decisive pass by Gabriel Jesus, who was one of the stars of the meeting despite his failure to reach the net for the seventh consecutive match, locally and continental.

With this exhibition victory, Arsenal raised its score to 31 points in the lead, with two matches postponed, one of them from the stage before the last against Manchester City in particular.

On the other hand, Nottingham’s balance stuck at 9 points in the last twentieth place after receiving the eighth defeat of the season.