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Taiwo Awoniyi's goal was his fifth in his past three Premier League gamesNottingham Forest beat Arsenal at the City Ground to secure their Premier League survival and crown Manchester City as champions.
Taiwo Awoniyi's 19th-minute goal was enough to seal victory and spark jubilant scenes from the home supporters at the final whistle.
Arsenal dominated possession but Mikel Arteta's men could not find a way through Forest's spirited defence in order to force City to win a fifth title in six years themselves.
Not that Forest and their noisy supporters were bothered about Pep Guardiola and his team.
After what must have seemed like an age as he paced up and down his technical area, waiting for seven minutes of injury time to pass and the loss of goalkeeper Keylor Navas in the very last seconds, Forest boss Steve Cooper was able to celebrate survival.
In the stand above, owner Evangelos Marinakis was also hugged by those around him, having been rewarded for keeping faith with Cooper during a tumultuous campaign.
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Nottingham Forest
Squad number12Player nameNavas
Squad number4Player nameWorrall
Squad number38Player nameFelipe
Squad number19Player nameNiakhaté
Squad number24Player nameAurier
Squad number22Player nameYates
Squad number5Player nameMangala
Squad number32Player nameRenan Lodi
Squad number10Player nameGibbs-White
Squad number28Player nameDanilo
Squad number9Player nameAwoniyi
Squad number13Player nameHennessey
Squad number20Player nameJohnson
Squad number21Player nameKouyaté
Squad number30Player nameBoly
Arsenal
Squad number1Player nameRamsdale- Squad number5Player namePartey
- Squad number4Player nameWhite
- Squad number6Player nameGabriel Magalhães
- Squad number15Player nameKiwior
- Squad number8Player nameØdegaard
- Squad number20Player nameJorginho
Squad number34Player nameXhaka- Squad number7Player nameSaka
- Squad number9Player nameGabriel Jesus
- Squad number19Player nameTrossard
- Squad number3Player nameTierney
- Squad number14Player nameNketiah
- Squad number21Player nameFábio Vieira
Line-ups
Nottm Forest
Formation 3-4-2-1
- 12NavasSubstituted forHennesseyat 90+9'minutes
- 4Worrall
- 38FelipeSubstituted forBolyat 79'minutes
- 19NiakhatéBooked at 45mins
- 24Aurier
- 22Yates
- 5Mangala
- 32Lodi
- 10Gibbs-WhiteBooked at 79mins
- 28DaniloSubstituted forKouyatéat 73'minutes
- 9AwoniyiBooked at 25minsSubstituted forJohnsonat 79'minutes
Substitutes
- 13Hennessey
- 15Toffolo
- 16Surridge
- 20Johnson
- 21Kouyaté
- 23Freuler
- 25Dennis
- 30Boly
- 34A Ayew
Arsenal
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Ramsdale
- 5Partey
- 4White
- 6GabrielBooked at 78mins
- 15KiwiorSubstituted forTierneyat 63'minutes
- 8Ødegaard
- 20Jorginho
- 34XhakaSubstituted forNketiahat 63'minutes
- 7Saka
- 9Gabriel JesusBooked at 54mins
- 19TrossardSubstituted forFábio Vieiraat 70'minutes
Substitutes
- 3Tierney
- 10Smith Rowe
- 14Nketiah
- 16Holding
- 21Fábio Vieira
- 30Turner
- 41Bandeira
- 85Cozier-Duberry
- 97Walters
Referee:Anthony Taylor
Attendance:29,514
Live Text
Match ends, Nottingham Forest 1, Arsenal 0.
Second Half ends, Nottingham Forest 1, Arsenal 0.
Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Wayne Hennessey replaces Keylor Navas because of an injury.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match because of an injury Keylor Navas (Nottingham Forest).
Attempt missed. Martin Ødegaard (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Fábio Vieira.
Ben White (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Brennan Johnson (Nottingham Forest).
Attempt missed. Kieran Tierney (Arsenal) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Gabriel Jesus.
Attempt saved. Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cheikhou Kouyaté with a headed pass.
Foul by Bukayo Saka (Arsenal).
Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Hand ball by Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest).
Foul by Bukayo Saka (Arsenal).
Renan Lodi (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Willy Boly replaces Felipe.
Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Brennan Johnson replaces Taiwo Awoniyi.
Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.
Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal).
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