Nottingham Forest 1-0 Arsenal – Player Ratings as sorry Gunners lose again

Arsenal’s season hit a new low at the City Ground as they slumped to a 1-0 loss to Nottingham Forest, which handed Manchester City the Premier League title.

Forest started the game in a blaze of glory and were rewarded after just 19 minutes as one simple through ball sent Taiwo Awoniyi through after a misplaced Martin Odegaard pass, and his effort was bundled through past Ramsdale as it appeared that Gabriel cleared the ball, only for it to them deflect off Awoniyi and into the net.

Arsenal failed to really create much going forward as the system Arteta implemented didn’t seem to suit the team, and they went into the sheds down 1-0 at halftime.

The second half followed a similar pattern as the first, Arsenal dominated possession but did zero with it.
The team looked to have run out of petrol tickets against Brighton and against Forest, there was nothing to suggest otherwise as the Gunners have simply stalled.

The half didn’t hit any real heights despite Arsenal controlling possession as their season is ending in a brutal way as Manchester City are now confirmed Premier League champions again.

Player ratings vs. Forest.

Goalkeepers & Defenders

Ramsdale (GK) 6.5 – Didn’t really have much to do in the game bar pick the ball out of his net. Made the odd save.

Partey (RB) 6.0 – At right back, as Arteta wanted Partey to play an inverted role. Was solid defensively but offered nothing going the other way.

Gabriel (CB) 6.5 – Good outing from the Brazilian, and it was unfortunate that his clearance deflected off Awoniyi for Forest’s goal.

White (CB) 6.5 – Comfortable at the heart of defense, largely in part due to him having nothing to do.

Kiwior (LB) 5.0 – Deployed at left back in an odd decision and failed to make any impact on the game, through no fault of his own as Arsenal consistently went down the right-hand side.

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