“We try and adapt to the qualities they have, how we can help the team to create different things, to have threats from different qualities,” Arteta said.
Arteta said ahead of kick off that his side would concede the title “over my dead body” but he may have to accept that their challenge has died a death after this stalemate, which came four days after a home defeat to West Ham.
Forest’s surprise challenge for Champions League qualification has hit the buffers with just one win from their last five and they appear to be running out of steam, with Manchester City and Chelsea breathing down their necks.
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has told his players to “step up” after their Premier League season continued to fizzle out with a 0-0 draw at Nottingham Forest.
But this was a good response to the 4-3 defeat at Newcastle and boss Nuno Espirito Santo said the result meant they were “finding themselves as a team again”.
