Arsenal's academy has found success this season with teenagers Ethan Nwaneri and Myles Lewis-Skelly becoming important players for Mikel Arteta amid the club's injury issues

Arteta has also revealed the reason for Riccardo Calafiori ’s substitution at half-time was to ensure his side were not reduced to 10-men in successive Premier League games. Calafiori was handed a start against Forest in place of the suspended Myles Lewis-Skelly and had quite an eventful first-half.

Mikel Arteta provided an update on the fitness of Ethan Nwaneri and Riccardo Calafiori after Arsenal ’s goalless draw with Nottingham Forest. Arsenal knew only a win would likely keep their faint Premier League title hopes alive after their defeat to West Ham last weekend.