FA Cup 2017/18, Nottingham Forest 4-2 Arsenal: 5 talking points

#4 Reiss Nelson dive

The FA Cup holders were unceremoniously sent home by a team sitting 14th in the Championship.

In the first half, Arsenal were opened up and bruised by Nottingham Forest. So much so that David Ospina was the Gunners’ stand-out performer in the half. After shockingly going down 1-0 in the 20th minute, the Gunners needed only three minutes to level the game. However, the means to which the goal came through could be dubbed as dubious.

On the left-hand side of the box, Reiss Nelson attempted to take on two Nottingham Forest defenders. He succeeded in nutmegging one of them, but as he couldn’t get past, he proceeded to throw himself onto the floor. Per Mertesacker was able to score from the resulting free-kick taken by Theo Walcott.