Arsenal hammer Nottingham Forest 5-0 in Premier League

By Selcuk Bugra Gokalp

ANKARA (AA) - Arsenal hammered Nottingham Forest 5-0 in their English Premier League week 12 game on Sunday.

The Gunners' Brazilian forward Gabriel Martinelli opened the score in the fifth minute, with the first half ending 1-0 at Emirates.

Arsenal's Reiss Nelson made an explosive start to the second half, netting twice in three minutes – in the 49th and 52nd minutes.

Just five minutes later, Thomas Partey made it 4-0 for the hosts and Martin Odegaard declared the final score of 5-0 with his goal in the 78th minute.

The Gunners keep their lead in the league standings with 31 points, two points ahead of Manchester City, while Nottingham Forest area the bottom of the standings, 20th, with 9 points.

- English Premier League week 12 results:

Leicester City-Manchester City: 0-1

Bournemouth-Tottenham Hotspur: 2-3

Brentford-Wolverhampton: 1-1

Brighton and Hove Albion-Chelsea: 4-1

Crystal Palace-Southampton: 1-0

Newcastle United-Aston Villa: 4-0

Fulham-Everton: 0-0

Liverpool-Leeds United: 1-2

Arsenal-Nottingham Forest: 5-0

Manchester United-West Ham United: 1-0