- Nottingham Forest – Arsenal, 8.30pm
LAST: Nottingham Forest reduce. Excitement at the end now.
Bukayo Saka made it 2-0. Ødegaard started the counterattack with a brilliant pass that opened up Nottingham Forest. – It’s world class, Nils Johan Semb grins about Ødegaard on Viaplay.
– The ball from Ødegaard is perfect, says Dion Dublin on the BBC.
Arsenal took the lead. Gabriel Jesus from an almost dead angle: – Miserable goalkeeping, but a deserved lead for Arsenal, says Neil Lennon on Sky Sports.
The talk ahead of the match has been about Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta. Reports in the Spanish media said that he would leave after the season and that it was relevant to take the managerial job at Barcelona where Xavi leaves after the season.
Arteta hit back hard against the speculation at the press conference on Monday. It all became a topic on the BBC’s Monday Night Club.
– Why on earth do you want to leave Arsenal for Barcelona now? Barcelona is a mess. He is not from Catalonia. He was at La Masia for a bit, but Real Sociedad is his club. I don’t think I have the same bond with Barcelona that Xavi or Sergio Busquets might have,” New York Times journalist Rory Smith said on the BBC programme.