The Arsenal was eliminated in the third round of the England Cup after falling at the City Ground stadium to the Nottingham Forest (1-0), of the Championship, with a goal from Lewis Grabban with seven minutes remaining.
The team led by the Spanish Mikel Arteta, who established some variations in his eleven although he kept the Norwegian Martin Odegaard, was unable to face Steven Cooper’s team, which is ninth in the second category of English football.
The London side enjoyed fictitious dominance and neither Bukayo Saka nor Edward Nketiah managed to beat goalkeeper Brice Samba.
The crash unraveled in the final stretch. A loss of the ball by the Belgian Sambi Lokonga in the center of the field was taken advantage of by the local team. Ryan Yates picked up the ball who made a precise cross from the right wing to the far post of the Arsenal goal where Lewis Grabban appeared to beat the German Bernd Leno and overtake Nottingham Forest.
The Gunners, who already had Alexander Lacazette from the 69th minute, tried desperately to make amends with the entry of Sead Kolasinac. But they ran out of time. They turned on the goal of Samba, but did not achieve their goal.
Arsenal were eliminated in the third round of the English Cup in which Nottingham Forest progress, which will play the round of 32.
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