Arsenal lose title as Arteta given switch precedence in Forest defeat

Arsenal suffered a dismal 1-0 defeat by Nottingham Forest on Sunday, that means they can not catch Manchester City within the Premier League. The Gunners’ top-flight possibilities have been ended due to Taiwo Awoniyi’s first-half strike. Here are 5 takeaways from the City Ground. 

Title race over

Man City have been topped Premier League champions after Arsenal’s shock defeat towards Forest. The Gunners’ exceptional dip in kind during the last month has seen them slip away, and regardless of a implausible marketing campaign for Mikel Arteta’s facet, they’ll end second. 

Arteta given new switch precedence

If Arsenal are to place ahead a stronger problem to Man City subsequent season, Arteta wants a prolific striker. The North Londoners won’t topple City as long as Pep Guardiola has Erling Haaland and Arteta has the man City bought to accommodate the Norwegian. 

Gabriel Jesus has performed a key function for Arsenal this season, serving to to hyperlink play whereas these extensive of him – Gabriel Martinelli and Bukayo Saka – have been relied on for objectives. However, Arteta wants a prolific centre-forward to finish Arsenal’s two-decade-long await a Premier League title.

Six battle

Ben White, Kieran Tierney, Granit Xhaka, Bukayo Saka, Leandro Trossard and Jesus all struggled to get going on the City Ground. Individual inconsistency has performed an enormous function in Arsenal giving up their title hopes during the last month. 

In the absence of Oleksandr Zinchenko, White adopted the function of the full-back who strikes inside to create a again three in possession – however appeared uncomfortable. Left-back Tierney did not make the influence that White would often have when he’s given freedom to maneuver ahead. 

In midfield, Xhaka was substituted early within the second half. Saka’s season has tailed off reasonably dramatically, whereas Jesus was nullified by Forest’s centre-backs. Arsenal scarcely regarded like a crew preventing for a Premier League title after going 1-0 down. 

Arsenal ought to contemplate midfield various

Arteta appears set so as to add Declan Rice and at the very least one different midfielder in the summertime. Brighton’s Moises Caicedo is believed to be one goal, whereas Southampton’s Romeo Lavia has additionally been linked. 

But Arsenal might do a lot worse than signal Morgan Gibbs-White. Positioned behind Awoniyi, the 23-year-old’s driving runs with and with out the ball have been key to Forest’s optimistic efficiency. 

Gibbs-White’s power and verve would make him the perfect substitute for Granit Xhaka, who appears set to depart the Emirates Stadium. Arsenal would after all must stump up a sizeable price for the England U21 starlet, for whom Forest are believed to have paid as much as £35m final summer season – but it surely might be definitely worth the large value.