Bukayo Saka has marked his first appearance in more than three months by scoring as a substitute in the 2-1 victory of Arsenal over Fulham who cut the gap to the leader of the Premier League Liverpool at nine points.
The end of England entered the 66th minute to a great ovation after its long absence due to an injury to the hamstrings and, in seven minutes, it was taking the acclamation of the gunners fans again after nodding the second goal in the Emirates Stadium.
Mikel Merino scored the first 37 -minute game for the second place Arsenal, which requires an unlikely collapse of Liverpool if they are going to capture a First League title since 2004.
The host of Liverpool Everton at the Merseyside derby on Wednesday, after which there are eight rounds in the Premier League.
Rodrigo Muniz obtained a consolation goal in the additional time for Fulham.
Saka, who has been marginalized since he suffered his injury on December 21 in a league match in Crystal Palace, is also in time to face Real Madrid in the quarterfinals of the Champions League from next week.
It remains to be seen if Gabriel Magalhaes will be available against European champions. The center of Brazil shot himself with an apparent injury to the hamstrings in the 16th minute against the cottagers.
On Tuesday, Anthony Elanga showed Manchester United what they are being lost with one of the goals of the season.
The end of Sweden seized the possession of 20 meters within his own half in the fifth minute and undertook a solo race directly towards the United States, first shrugged to the opponent of recoil, Alejandro Garnacho and then entered the penalty area before shooting left in the lower corner.
Elanga, who left Malmo at age 11 to move to Manchester with his mother and sisters and was soon recommended to United, celebrated silently against the team that took him to the professional ranks before selling him to Forest in 2023.
He is now a key player in the unlikely Forest march towards the qualification of the Champions League for the first time. It will not be the first time of the team in the main competition of Europe, of course: Forest was famous for the winners of the European Cup in 1979 and ’80 under Brian Clough.
Forest, who was fighting the descent last season, is 10 points away from Newcastle United in sixth place. It is likely that the best five will be classified for the next season champions.
At the other end of the table, Wolverhampton Wanderers beat West Ham United 1-0 thanks to the goal of Jorgen Larsen 21 minutes to push them to 12 points of the last three.
