Nottingham Forest 1-0 Arsenal: Hosts secure Premier League safety to hand title to Manchester City

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Taiwo Awoniyi scores the victor  for Nottingham Forest against ArsenalTaiwo Awoniyi's extremity was his 5th successful his past 3 Premier League games

Nottingham Forest bushed Arsenal astatine the City Ground to unafraid their Premier League endurance and crown Manchester City arsenic champions.

Taiwo Awoniyi's 19th-minute extremity was capable to seal triumph and spark jubilant scenes from the location supporters astatine the last whistle.

Arsenal dominated possession but Mikel Arteta's men could not find a mode done Forest's spirited defence successful bid to unit City to triumph a 5th rubric successful six years themselves.

Not that Forest and their noisy supporters were bothered astir Pep Guardiola and his team.

After what indispensable person seemed similar an property arsenic helium paced up and down his method area, waiting for 7 minutes of wounded clip to walk and the nonaccomplishment of goalkeeper Keylor Navas successful the precise past seconds, Forest brag Steve Cooper was capable to observe survival.

In the basal above, proprietor Evangelos Marinakis was besides hugged by those astir him, having been rewarded for keeping religion with Cooper during a tumultuous campaign.

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Nottingham Forest

  1. Squad number12Player nameNavas

  2. Squad number4Player nameWorrall

  3. Squad number38Player nameFelipe

  4. Squad number19Player nameNiakhaté

  5. Squad number24Player nameAurier

  6. Squad number22Player nameYates

  7. Squad number5Player nameMangala

  8. Squad number32Player nameRenan Lodi

  9. Squad number10Player nameGibbs-White

  10. Squad number28Player nameDanilo

  11. Squad number9Player nameAwoniyi

  1. Squad number13Player nameHennessey

  2. Squad number20Player nameJohnson

  3. Squad number21Player nameKouyaté

  4. Squad number30Player nameBoly

Arsenal

  1. Squad number1Player nameRamsdale

  2. Squad number5Player namePartey

  3. Squad number4Player nameWhite

  4. Squad number6Player nameGabriel Magalhães

  5. Squad number15Player nameKiwior

  6. Squad number8Player nameØdegaard

  7. Squad number20Player nameJorginho

  8. Squad number34Player nameXhaka

  9. Squad number7Player nameSaka

  10. Squad number9Player nameGabriel Jesus

  11. Squad number19Player nameTrossard

  1. Squad number3Player nameTierney

  2. Squad number14Player nameNketiah

  3. Squad number21Player nameFábio Vieira

Line-ups

Nottm Forest

Formation 3-4-2-1

  • 12NavasSubstituted forHennesseyat 90+9'minutes
  • 4Worrall
  • 38FelipeSubstituted forBolyat 79'minutes
  • 19NiakhatéBooked astatine 45mins
  • 24Aurier
  • 22Yates
  • 5Mangala
  • 32Lodi
  • 10Gibbs-WhiteBooked astatine 79mins
  • 28DaniloSubstituted forKouyatéat 73'minutes
  • 9AwoniyiBooked astatine 25minsSubstituted forJohnsonat 79'minutes

Substitutes

  • 13Hennessey
  • 15Toffolo
  • 16Surridge
  • 20Johnson
  • 21Kouyaté
  • 23Freuler
  • 25Dennis
  • 30Boly
  • 34A Ayew

Arsenal

Formation 4-3-3

  • 1Ramsdale
  • 5Partey
  • 4White
  • 6GabrielBooked astatine 78mins
  • 15KiwiorSubstituted forTierneyat 63'minutes
  • 8Ødegaard
  • 20Jorginho
  • 34XhakaSubstituted forNketiahat 63'minutes
  • 7Saka
  • 9Gabriel JesusBooked astatine 54mins
  • 19TrossardSubstituted forFábio Vieiraat 70'minutes

Substitutes

  • 3Tierney
  • 10Smith Rowe
  • 14Nketiah
  • 16Holding
  • 21Fábio Vieira
  • 30Turner
  • 41Bandeira
  • 85Cozier-Duberry
  • 97Walters

Referee:Anthony Taylor

Attendance:29,514

Live Text

  1. Match ends, Nottingham Forest 1, Arsenal 0.

  2. Second Half ends, Nottingham Forest 1, Arsenal 0.

  3. Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Wayne Hennessey replaces Keylor Navas due to the fact that of an injury.

  4. Delay over. They are acceptable to continue.

  5. Delay successful lucifer due to the fact that of an wounded Keylor Navas (Nottingham Forest).

  6. Attempt missed. Martin Ødegaard (Arsenal) near footed changeable from extracurricular the container misses to the right. Assisted by Fábio Vieira.

  7. Ben White (Arsenal) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.

  8. Foul by Brennan Johnson (Nottingham Forest).

  9. Attempt missed. Kieran Tierney (Arsenal) close footed changeable from the near broadside of the container misses to the right. Assisted by Gabriel Jesus.

  10. Attempt saved. Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) close footed changeable from the centre of the container is saved successful the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cheikhou Kouyaté with a headed pass.

  11. Foul by Bukayo Saka (Arsenal).

  12. Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.

  13. Hand shot by Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest).

  14. Foul by Bukayo Saka (Arsenal).

  15. Renan Lodi (Nottingham Forest) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.

  16. Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Willy Boly replaces Felipe.

  17. Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Brennan Johnson replaces Taiwo Awoniyi.

  18. Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellowish card.

  19. Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal) is shown the yellowish paper for a atrocious foul.

  20. Foul by Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal).

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