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Arsenal laboured to a 2-1 victory away to Nottingham Forest on Tuesday evening to close the gap at the Premier League summit. Forest defended stoutly for 64 solid - if insufferable - minutes. Yet, Arsenal's efficiency from dead balls saved them once again, with a shrewd throw-in (and Matt Turner's welcoming stance) leading to Gabriel Jesus' opener. Bukayo Saka doubled the visitors' lead seven short minutes later. Taiwo Awoniyi halved the deficit to set up a tense stoppage time but the visitors managed to cling on to their slender advantage, climbing two points behind league-leading Liverpool. How the game unfolded After watching Forest ship eight goals across his first four league Game s in charge, Nuno Espirito Santo sent his side out with an unashamed and unmistakable focus on tightening up at the back. At times in a painfully one-side first half, Forest's defensive blockade was so deep the home centre-backs were fighting for elbow room with the first row of the...

From Old Trafford - Manchester United's push for a top-four finish continued on Saturday with a comfortable 2-0 win over relegation strugglers Everton. A goal in each half from Scott McTominay and Anthony Martial helped United maintain their unbeaten home record in 2023, though the match could have been over as a contest if not for the brilliance of Jordan Pickford in the Everton goal. United started well and should have gone ahead early on when Marcus Rashford broke clear thanks to a mistake from Michael Keane. He shrugged off James Tarkowski and burst into the box but Pickford was equal to his effort. Aaron Wan-Bissaka delivered a contender for miss of the season shortly after. Antony controlled a corner on the edge of the box before firing against Pickford's post. The rebound fell to Wan-Bissaka but his tame left-footed effort dribbled wide. Everton were still in the contest, however, and might have gone ahead through Ellis Simms. He played a one-two with Seamus Coleman and ...