It’s wonderful for any coach to see numerous of his players contribute goals and assists. It tells of a team is full of versatile players who are willing to help the cause. But sometimes, you need to get back to the basics and ensure it’s your strikers who are scoring regularly. It’s certainly what Mikel Arteta asked of his players ahead of today’s Premier League match with Nottingham Forest.The main culprit is Gabriel Jesus. When he joined Arsenal from Manchester City, it looked like he couldn’t stop scoring. But the goals have dried up in recent games. Neither the Brazilian nor his understudy Eddie Nketiah found the net in the last six fixtures, which showed in terms of the team’s results.”It happens to any striker I know of” 😬Arteta has faith in Gabriel Jesus and Eddie Nketiah 🙌 pic.twitter.com/s9hzAwbap1— Arsenal FC News (@ArsenalFC_fl) October 29, 2022 During that run, the Gunners scored more than one goal in just one match. As a result, they could only draw at Southampton in the league before getting beat by PSV in the Europa League. Arteta doesn’t want the run to go any longer.”We need goals and we need goals from our front players, that’s for sure, to win the games and to give us bigger margins. That run of a lack of goals has to end for us to be in a position to win more matches. It’s not the first time Eddie or Gabi have been five games without scoring a goal in their career, that happens to any striker I’ve known of. And you have to deal with that, it’s part of their job.”##NAJAVA_MECA_6767331##The Spanish tactician will name a 20-man matchday squad for the visit of Steve Cooper’s side – one that knocked the Gunners out of the FA Cup at the third round stage last season. Arteta would never admit it publicly, but he surely wants revenge.Nottingham Forest have been boosted by their surprise 1-0 win over Liverpool even though they are still waiting for their first win of the season away from home. Cooper has some players returning from injury to help his squad ahead of their visit to the Emirates. The two-times European champions are still bottom of the table, however – and are in need of consistent results.PREMIER LEAGUE – ROUND 14SaturdayLeicester – Man City 0-1 (0-0)/De Bruyne 49/Bournemouth – Tottenham 2-3 (1-0)/Moore 22, 50 – Sessegnon 57, Davies 73, Bentancur 90+2/Brentford – Wolves 1-1 (0-0)/Mee 50 – Neves 52/Brighton – Chelsea 4-1 (3-0)/Trossard 5, Loftus-Cheek 14 og, Chalobah 42 og, Gross 90+2 – Havertz 48/Crystal Palace – Southampton 1-0 (1-0)/Edouard 38/Newcastle – Aston Villa 4-0 (1-0)/Wilson 45+6 pen, 56, Joelinton 59, Almiron 67/Fulham – Everton 0-0 Liverpool – Leeds United 1-2 (1-1)/Salah 14 – Rodrigo 4, Summerville 90/Sunday16:00: (1.24) Arsenal (6.75) Nott.Forest (14.0)18:15: (1.70) Man.Utd. (3.70) West Ham (5.20)***odds are subject to change***
