On the night of the 12th, the first round of the English Premier League opener, the Arsenal team that won the Community Shield last weekend continued to maintain strong momentum, with the goals of the youth players Nikitia and Bukayoshaqa, at home to 2-1 force Nottingham Forest, to obtain the opening red.
This season, Arsenal fully implemented the e-ticket system, but due to system failure, resulting in a large number of loyal fans still failed to enter before the game, the game was forced to be delayed by half an hour. Arsenal manager Adi Da once again made tactical changes, placing German international Xaviers, who played as a guest striker in the last Community Shield match, in the starting line-up again, with Nikidia taking his place, while goalkeeper Matt Riner, who had just moved to Forest from Arsenal, immediately countered.
Forest had a great chance at the start of the game, but Brendan Johnson's shot went over the bar for offside. Arsenal then stepped up their attack, and on 26 minutes, Gabriele Martinelli broke down the left and tried to use a Schiedam-esque turn, but accidentally passed the ball to the "thief" Nikitia, who fired a quick shot into the corner of the net to open the scoring, and on 32 minutes, Bukajorska dribbled past the defense on the right and blasted a left-footed volley into the back of the net. Bukayoshaqa's left-footed shot from the right side of the field went through the opponent's goal. Just before half-time, new recruit Deeglan Rice's long-range shot was parried by the opposing goalkeeper as Arsenal went into the dressing room with a two-goal lead.
