Mikel Arteta will have questions to answer after his Arsenal side put in a woeful performance in a 1-0 defeat to Nottingham Forest, which eliminated the Gunners from the FA Cup.
Match Report
Arsenal were hoping to avoid falling into the trap of taking lower-league opponents lightly, but their level of performance on the day was poor.
There was a starting spot for the club's young prodigy Charlie Patino, although he was unable to have the impact on the match that many expected.
Nottingham Forest outplayed the Premier League side for much of the match, mainly due to the passing accuracy of James Garner, who made a serious claim to a Manchester United recall with his display.
He actually had the best chance of the match with a long-range free-kick in the second half, which was excellently saved by Bernd Leno at full stretch.
Bukayo Saka threatened occasionally with probing runs into the penalty area, but he and Gabriel Martinelli were marshalled excellently by Djed Spence at right-back, who was another standout performer.
The winning goal eventually came around 10 minutes from time, when extra-time was looking inevitable, as Forest broke on the counter-attack.
Ryan Yates delivered a sumptuous cross across the face of goal to substitute Lewis Grabban, who tapped the ball beyond Leno and sent the home fans into delirium.
Arsenal couldn't find a way to unlock the door in the remaining time and will now face a season where their only realistic chance of a trophy is the Carabao Cup.
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
1' KICK-OFF! Who can win this match?
6' White's shot wide out
31' Lokonga's long shot wide out
52' SAVE! Leno parries Zinckernagel's shot
57' Nketiah's header wide out
67' Nketiah's shot over the bar
73' Yellow Card! Martinelli booked
82' GOAL! Nottingham Forest 1-0 Arsenal (Grabban)
Line-ups
Nottingham Forest XI: Colback, Steve Cook, B. Samba, P. Zinckernagel, S. McKenna, J. Worrall, Davis, R. Yates, D. Spence, Garner, B. Johnson
Subs: Bong, L. Grabban, L. Taylor, Tobias Figueiredo, Cafú, Horvath, Xande Silva, João Carvalho, B. Ojeda
Arsenal XI: Leno, Cedric, Martin Odegaard, Holding, B. White, Nketiah, A. Lokonga, Martinelli, Nuno Tavares, Saka, C. Patino
Subs: Lacazette, Mari, Kolasinac, Chambers, Tierney, Ramsdale, Salah Oulad M'Hand, M. Bieveth, O. Hutchinson
Brightberry
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Arsenal will disappoint you even if you expect nothing from them. 😂😂
Mustafa-Khan
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Arsenal change shirt, Nottingham change result
Jucnortyz
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the only interesting story about Arsenal
Champion88
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Arsenal lost in the forest
Bartozzy
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Grabban grabs Arsenal in the throat
Earnester
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You can find every gif of nice goals here: https://bit.ly/3GbToaK
Kingziz
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Arsenal go to Nottingham Forest for NOTHING
JohnKamotaLM10
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The Gunners🔫 fighting against Crime forgot that killing their fans is one of the crimes🤣
SlyRomeo
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all football can u show me where Arsenal is , I can't find Arsenal because the forest is too big to see Arsenal in [Crylaugh][Crylaugh][Crylaugh]
Uzangimi
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After missing so many chances [Crylaugh]
Deci26
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Last week Arsenal played in a CITY they were defeated This week Arsenal played in a FOREST. The were also defeated 😂 Zazau Zeh
CashErra10
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Man United signed Jadon Sancho for £73m to be their most creative player. We are now over half way into the season and Sancho has created the same number of big chances as Benjamin Mendy. Mendy has been in prison for 3 months! 🤯
D-Maestreo
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Arsenal will disappoint you even if you expect nothing from them. 😂😂
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Same as Man United 😂😂😂
Unitedforlife6
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Lol stay in 7th place
7th? sounds familiar to some other team last season