Nottingham Forest continued a weekend of Emirates FA Cup third round shocks by defeating Premier League high-flyers Arsenal 1-0 at a rocking City Ground.
Arsenal are eliminated in the #EmiratesFACup third round for just the second time in the last 26 seasons…
𝗕𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 @NFFC 🔴 pic.twitter.com/tJR7XXlIx0
— Emirates FA Cup (@EmiratesFACup) January 9, 2022
Lewis Grabban’s late strike stunned Arsenal as Nottingham Forest dumped the Gunners out of the FA Cup.
𝙒𝙝𝙤 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 🤩
Lewis Grabban delivers in the big moments @NFFC 💪#EmiratesFACup pic.twitter.com/GpRlraxden
— Emirates FA Cup (@EmiratesFACup) January 9, 2022
Steve Cooper’s in-form Championship side were seeking a repeat of their 2018 victory over the Gunners at the same stage and took the game to their visitors from the outset.
Four years ago managerless Forest beat the Gunners 4-2 in the third round as Arsene Wenger’s reign meandered towards its disappointing conclusion.
The pressure grew after the break and Philip Zinckernegal saw a volley well saved by Bernd Leno from Brennan Johnson’s cross.
And the lively Johnson was the provider for the winning goal, providing a fine cross which was converted by substitute Lewis Grabban to set up an East Midlands derby with holders Leicester City in the next round.
It is just the second time the Gunners have fallen at the third round stage since 1996 and both exits have been at the hands of Forest.
After the match Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta said , “We needed more drive, more hunger to win at any cost in every single action. We were not there at our level today.”
Nottingham Forest coach Steve Cooper said,”We’re here to compete, we’re here to play well and win games.We scored a goal which was the outstanding move of the game.”
🎞 Post-Arsenal (h): Steve Cooper
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— Nottingham Forest FC (@NFFC) January 9, 2022
😱 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗬'𝗩𝗘 𝗗𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗜𝗧! 😱@NFFC have completed the 𝙎𝙢𝙖𝙨𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙗𝙗𝙖𝙣 🔴@Arsenal bow out of the #EmiratesFACup pic.twitter.com/3LZ3UB5Cat
— Emirates FA Cup (@EmiratesFACup) January 9, 2022
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