The historic Nottingham Forest hits the backfire and eliminates an entire Arsenal

The historical Nottingham Forest, double champion of Europe in 1979 and 1980 and currently in the Championship -English Second Division-, hit the backfire in the third round of the FA Cup and eliminated a whole Arsenal, champion of the competition in 2020, thanks to a solitary goal of Lewis Brabban at 83 ‘.

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The ‘gunners’ jumped to the City Ground with a protest shirt, completely white, as part of the campaign’No More Red‘, which seeks to stop youth violence after the record number of teenagers murdered in London in 2021.

Charlie Patiño, only 18 years old, debuted ownership in a Arsenal that came with many cases of Covid-19 and from which they were left out at the last minute Jaca Y Balogun for being infected. In a first half with hardly any presence in the areas, the highlight was the entry of Tierney for Nuno Tavares whose performance he was not liking, and rightly so, Mikel Arteta.

Providencial Leno

Already without the Portuguese in the green, the first great opportunity of the match was going to arrive in 52 ‘, after a book against led by Brennan Johnson that he could not direct well Philip Zinckernagel, whose auction rejected a Bernd Leno that in 61 ‘he returned to save his own with a stoppage before a phenomenal direct free kick from Garner, footballer owned by Manchester United.

Despite the income of the Lacazette, the Arsenal he still did not react and 7 ‘from the end a play that was born from a loss of Sambi Lokonga in the center of the field it ended up assuming the definitive and historic goal that gave the ‘tricky trees’ the pass to the round of 32 of this FA Cup. Ryan Yates escaped to the right and put a ball that the Jamaican Grabban, the team’s top scorer in the Championship with 10 goals, he only had to push to bring the delirium to the stands of the City Ground.