Arsenal take on Nottingham Forest at home in the Premier League today as they aim to get back to winning ways.
Last time out, they ended up on the losing side in a 1-0 defeat to Liverpool at Anfield.
The annual dreaded international break just three weeks into the English football season has seen a lot of their stars go away to play for their respective countries.
They will hope that they can make it three wins out of four now they are back in domestic action again.
Arsenal will have a difficult task ahead of them, with former Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou hoping for a new manager bounce.
He replaces Nuno Espírito Santo, whose final act was a 3-0 loss at home to West Ham.
Arsenal are no strangers to Postecoglou, given his North London ties.
He will want to make the perfect start to life at Forest, and with a fresh voice at a club that has only won eight of their last 20 games in the Premier League.
Arsenal will go into this game as favourites, and with Eberechi Eze making his first start, this team is going to cause problems for Forest.
However, there is a key player that will not be starting in this game in a surprise decision from Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta.
Mikel Arteta makes shocking Arsenal starting lineup decision
Arsenal’s starting lineup was announced earlier, and midfielder Declan Rice is a surprise omission.
Given Rice’s importance to Arsenal’s midfield and with no injury concerns of note, this is a peculiar decision.
Mikel Merino, Martín Zubimendi and Martin Ødegaard start in Arsenal’s midfield three.
Arteta will hope that this decision does not come back to bite him.
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