Simon Collings on Arsenal 3-0 Nottingham Forest

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Martin Odegaard inspires Arsenal to a comfortable win of Nottingham Forrest at the Emirates Stadium. With goals from Saka, Partey and youngster Nwaneri, Arsenal returned to winning ways after the international break.

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00:00So all over here at the Emirates and all in all, a pretty perfect day for Arsenal.

00:05You have to say, you know, they went into this game knowing they needed to win,

00:09knowing they needed to put a statement really in this title race because they've

00:12got a good run of games coming up now, but Arsenal have to take advantage. I think

00:16the way they dealt with Forrest today was really, really impressive. So

00:20professional, very thorough in the way they played. I think there's some really good

00:24stuff going forward. Martin Odegaard, I mean, how much of Arsenal miss him? And this was

00:28pretty pure evidence of that. I mean, particularly with Papaya Saka, the way

00:31Odegaard and Saka found each other, just their understanding in the wavelength is so,

00:36so impressive. And I mean, you've got to say, Odegaard, you know, has been a big miss,

00:40but I don't think he really appreciated how big a miss he's been when he saw

00:43Forrest today. And even Saka, who's done well without Odegaard, went to another

00:46level with him back on the pitch. So a really positive result for Arsenal to

00:49start what is a huge run coming up. They're in Lisbon on Tuesday night to

00:53take on Sporting. They want to build on this and carry on the salt in the title.

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