Arsenal was surprisingly out of the FA Cup and practically resigned their chances of aspiring to a title in the 2021-22 season …
The London team was eliminated in the third round of the English Cup after falling at the City Ground stadium against Nottingham Forest (1-0), of the Championship (second division), with a goal by Lewis Grabban seven minutes from time .
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 Gunners enjoyed a fictitious dominance, as 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 visitors, who already counted on Alexander Lacazette from minute 69, tried desperately to make amends with the entry of Sead Kolasinac into the field. But they ran out of time. They turned on the goal of Samba, but did not achieve their goal.
This would be the only bomb on Sunday in the historic pageant.
Both Dávinson Sáncez and Yerson Mosquera did not have minutes in the classification of their respective teams to the next phase. Tottenham beat Morecambe 3-1, while Wolverhampton did the same with Sheffield United (3-0).
Liverpool also had action, eliminating weak Shrewsbury Town without major problems by a resounding 4-1. Duel in which Fabinho fought with a double.
The other qualifiers of the day were Luton, Stoke City, Cardiff, Norwich and West Ham.
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