<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/football/article/league-cup-mikel-arteta-heaps-praise-on-arsenal-players-after-win-over-chelsea-23612238" rel="nofollow">Mikel Arteta</a> claimed Arsenal were denied a &lsquo;clear penalty&rsquo; in a 0-0 draw at Nottingham Forest on Saturday as the Gunners edged seven points clear at the top of the English Premier League.
Forest survived a VAR review in the closing stages when the ball seemed to brush the arm of defender Ola Aina.
Arsenal remain well on course to end a 22-year wait to win the title, but have failed to take full advantage of <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/football/article/we-missed-the-simple-things-manchester-city-manager-guardiola-23590837" rel="nofollow">Manchester City</a>&rsquo;s poor form in 2026 by dropping four points in their last two league games.
&ldquo;Obviously disappointed because we want the [three] points. We have to improve and be better, especially when we create four big chances, you have to put them away. But there was [also] a clear penalty that has not been given,&rdquo; said a frustrated Arteta.
Forest boss Sean Dyche had a very different view on the Aina incident.
&ldquo;You may as well cancel football if you&rsquo;re going to give that,&rdquo; said Dyche, whose side edged five points clear of the relegation zone.
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