Nottingham Forest 0-0 Arsenal - 3 takeaways as Gunners again fall flat

Lack of forward options again hurt

Due to the sheer number of injuries, Mikel Arteta doesn't have many levers to pull. Against Forest, while the build-up play and creativity were better than against West Ham, there was once again the lack of a clinical striker to finish everything off.

Mikel Merino, Leandro Trossard, and Ethan Nwaneri were tasked with putting the ball in the back of the next, and a total of 13 shots on Forest's goal, and just one on target paints the picture of a team that is handcuffed due to its crippling attacking injuries.

But that's no surprise, right?

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