ARSENAL and Nottingham Forest both look to keep the pressure on Premier League leaders Liverpool. Nuno Espirito Santo's side are storming towards the Champions League, currently third in the Prem. After narrowly avoiding relegation in recent seasons, many at the City Ground would never have believed the triumphant upturn in form 12 months ago.
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For the first time since they gained promotion to the Premier League, Forest are looking up - not down, and see Arsenal six points ahead of them in second. The Gunners are experiencing terrible luck with injuries - but their apparent refusal to reinforce in attack over the past two windows has come back to bite them.
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Forest are experiencing nothing of the kind, and Chris Wood will be hoping to make it a night to forget for Gabriel and William Saliba. The Kiwi striker is mixing it up with the likes of Erling Haaland and Alexander Isak in the Golden Boot race - but is still quite a way off Mo Salah.
