Asian Cup 2 1! The striker scored a difficult goal against Liverpool, and Arsenal prepared for a game
Arsenal travel to Nottingham Forest in midweek for 22 games, a team currently at the bottom of the table and facing huge pressure to survive, but they are not afraid of Arsenal, who won 1-0 at home to the Gunners last season, and whether they can repeat last season's glory will be the biggest suspense of this game! Gabriel Jesus was an excellent player in the game and was the Gunners' biggest threat, and he scored a goal from a single shot to give Arsenal a 2-1 win over Nottingham Forest to secure two wins!
Mikel Arteta fielded his strongest 11-man squad this time, with Raya in goal, Zinchenko and Ben White at left-back, Saliba and Gabriel in a back two, Odegaard, Rice and Smith Rowe in the back, Gabriel Jesus in the middle, and Bukayo Saka and Martinelli in the line-up.
Arsenal dominated the game, after the opening kick-off, they had an absolute advantage, in the first half, they had more than 80% of the possession, but in front of Nottingham Forest's tight defence, they did not have any real attack, until the thirteenth minute, they finally relied on continuous passes to break through the box, but Odegaard's long-range shot was blocked by a defender.
One minute later, Arsenal lost another chance when Zinchenko passed the ball down the right and Smith played the ball to Jesus in the box, but his shot was not well grasped and flew straight out of the net.
Arsenal passed the ball on the edge of the penalty area, Jesus stood against the opposing defender, scored a shot, but was blocked by the Forest goalkeeper, the second half of the game has arrived, the referee did not let the Gunners take a free kick, and the game was stopped early, which annoyed the Arsenal people.
Arsenal continued to surround Nottingham Forest in the second half, and on 57 minutes they finally broke through the opposition defence, Odegaard kicked the ball through to Gabriel Jesus, who was unwatched, and Jesus wanted to shoot, but his luck was not good, and the ball bounced off the post.
Arsenal's attack continued for a long time, until the 65th minute, when Arsenal's sideline cross was taken aback, and the Nottingham Forest defenders were taken aback, Jesus took advantage of the lack of defense to rush into the box, and he kicked a low kick from a small angle past the Nottingham Forest goalkeeper to make it 1-0.
Nottingham Forest had to push hard to get an extra point at home stadium, which gave the Gunners more chances and more chances, and on 72 minutes, Arsenal's midfielder made a quick counter-attack after a steal, and Bukayo Saka got on the end of Gabriel Jesus' long pass and slotted the ball into the far corner to make it two.
Arsenal thought victory was within reach, but they made a mistake at the back and were pulled back by Nottingham Forest's substitute Awoniyi, but fortunately, Arsenal did not make any more mistakes and kept the score until the end of the game.
Arsenal are just two points clear of Liverpool after beating Nottingham Forest away and will face Liverpool at home in their next game, and if they lose this game, they will be left behind by five men, so Arsenal are likely to be eliminated in the next game.