Arsenal beat Nottingham Forest 1-0 at the City Ground on Sunday as they kept their hopes of retaining the Premier League title alive.
Arsenal’s near perfect form continued in the Premier League on Sunday evening as Mikel Arteta’s Gunners won 1-0 at Nottingham Forest.
Tricky Trees kept to themselves for most of the match at the City Ground, restricting the visitors to just one goal.
Unfortunately for the hosts, Arsenal were clinical in the effort, with Noni Madueke only to find the back of Matz Sels’ net with a curling effort from just inside the area – a contribution that went wide of Jair Cunha’s thigh.
The win keeps the Gunners in second place, just three points behind league leaders Manchester City, as Enzo Maresca continues to command anything but perfection in the north-west.
City are unbeaten on home soil this season and continued their fantastic run of form with a 3-2 win at home to Ipswich Town on Saturday.
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That means Arteta and Arsenal will have to play the waiting game to potentially leapfrog their most serious Premier League rivals, given that they won’t cross paths at the Emirates Stadium until the end of November.
That is, unless another top-flight side can stop City in their tracks in the coming weeks to change the outlook of the division and boost the Gunners’ chances of defending the title they won in May.
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Here, football.london Compares Arsenal’s next five Premier League fixtures against Manchester City…
Arsenal’s next five games in the Premier League
- Arsenal v Everton – Saturday, October 24
- Liverpool vs Arsenal – Sunday, November 1
- Arsenal vs Hull – Saturday 7 November
- Newcastle United vs Arsenal – Saturday 21 November
- “Arsenal” – “Manchester City” – Sunday, November 29
Arsenal also have Champions League games against Bayern Munich (October 21), Slavia Praha (November 4) and Borissia Dortmund (November 24) to navigate, as well as an EFL Cup clash with Fleetwood Town (October 27).
Manchester City’s next five Premier League games
- Aston Villa v Manchester City – Saturday 24 October
- Manchester City vs Brighton and Hove Albion – Saturday, October 31
- Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City – Saturday 7 November
- Manchester City vs Fulham – Saturday, November 21
- “Arsenal” – “Manchester City” – Sunday, November 29
Manchester City will also face AEK (October 20), RB Leipzig (November 4) and Napoli (November 24) in the Champions League.
They also face Brighton in the EFL Cup (October 28).