Postecoglou’s Forest loses 3-0 at Arsenal and Woltemade scores winner on Newcastle debut
Ange Postecoglou got a harsh reintroduction to the Premier League on Saturday Nick Woltemade s first taste of English soccer couldn t have been sweeter A trip to Arsenal was among the hardest doable starts for Postecoglou following his hiring by Nottingham Forest this week and the former Tottenham manager saw his new unit get brushed aside - at Emirates Stadium Arsenal s new signings did the damage with defensive midfielder Martin Zubimendi scoring twice and Viktor Gyokeres a prolific striker expected to transform the organization s fortunes delivering exactly what is expected of him with a close-range finish It was a third win in four matches for Arsenal one of the top title contenders It was also a day when a slew of the Premier League s late-summer signings made their debuts and one of the them was Woltemade who headed home Newcastle s goal in a - win over Wolverhampton Woltemade is a lanky Germany international who joined Newcastle for a broadcasted club-record fee of million pounds million to replace Alexander Isak The -foot- meters striker became an immediate favorite at St James Park by leaping at the far post to plant home a powerful header In other results Tottenham benefitted from the second-half sending-off of Tomas Soucek to win - at West Ham and join first-place Arsenal on nine points along with Bournemouth whose in-form winger Antoine Semenyo converted a penalty to seal a - win over Brighton Defending champion Liverpool also has nine points and plays Burnley away on Sunday in its battle in hand Fulham was gifted an own-goal in stoppage time to beat Leeds - Aston Villa was still without a goal this season after a - draw at Everton and Crystal Palace and Sunderland also played out a goalless draw Later Chelsea visits Brentford in another London derby Arsenal s depth Arsenal fresh off a summer spending spree of around million flexed its strength in depth against Forest easing to triumph despite manager Mikel Arteta being without star players Bukayo Saka and William Saliba because of injuries starting with Declan Rice on the bench and seeing captain Martin Odegaard go off in the th minute with a shoulder injury Zubimendi the Spain midfielder recruited from Real Sociedad volleyed home spectacularly from the edge of the area in the nd minute to put Arsenal in front before Gyokeres tapped in a cross from Eberechi Eze another summer signing to double the lead inside the opening minute of the second half Zubimendi headed in the third in the th minute to complete a miserable return to English soccer for Postecoglou the former Tottenham manager who was hired by Forest on Tuesday as a replacement for the fired Nuno Esp rito Santo This week it s fair to say was fairly disruptive for the players noted Postecoglou who was fired by Spurs in June despite leading the association to the Europa League title and securing qualification to the Champions League International week as well so they didn t get in until Thursday Friday they see a new manager and I m trying to implement new things Arsenal has yet to concede a goal from open play this season Soucek red Tottenham was already leading - thanks to Pape Sarr s header at a corner when Soucek lunged into a challenge with Joao Palhinha in the th minute and mistimed it raking his studs down the leg of his fellow midfielder Soucek was shown a straight red card and West Ham couldn t handle Spurs after that Lucas Bergvall looped home a header in the th and Micky van de Ven swept in a third in the th Appointed in the offseason Tottenham manager Thomas Frank has started his tenure well with three wins from four including one at Manchester City AP soccer https apnews com hub soccer Source
