ARTETA'S BLANKERS

Boring, boring Arsenal fail to fizz at fighting Forest and title dream looks over as Kop win again

- BY JOHN CROSS

EVEN the set-piece routines have dried up for Arsenal.

They have simply forgotten how to score which is a pretty big problem for Gunners boss Mikel Arteta.

And it makes Arsenal pretty turgid to watch as they drew another blank on a night of frustration at Nottingham Forest's City Ground.

Arsenal dropped more points, the Premier League title looks even more of a lost cause now and a once promising season is slipping away as they look destined to finish empty-handed once again.

The only saving grace for Arsenal is they banked enough goals and points before all their big guns went down injured to as good as secure a top-four finish, otherwise they really would be in trouble.

This was a game there for the taking, and Arsenal had all the chances but it felt like they could have played all night and not scored.