Stunning strikes from Bukayo Saka and Thomas Partey and a first Premier League goal for teenager Ethan Nwaneri gave Arsenal a first victory in five league games.
Arsenal's Martin Odegaard tries to dribble Nottingham Forest defender Alex Moreno during their Premier League match. Picture: Benjamin Cremel / AFPteam"flows in a different way" when Martin Odegaard is playing after the Gunners crushed Nottingham Forest 3-0 on Saturday to end their winless run.Arsenal, Premier League runners-up for the past two seasons, started the campaign strongly but their form dipped and they kicked off on Saturday nine points behind leaders Liverpool.
Partey doubled Arsenal's lead early in the second half after collecting Saka's pass 20 yards out and taking a touch, before curling his shot away from the dive of Matz Sels and inside the far post. "I think we started really well," Arteta told the BBC."The sense I was getting in the last 48 hours after the international break, the boys coming together and were all at it."
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