Mikel Arteta will be hoping to avoid a repeat of his first meeting with Nottingham Forest this weekend.
Arsenal welcome their Premier League rivals to the Emirates Stadium on Saturday afternoon – live and exclusive on talkSPORT.
The match is the first top-flight fixture following the international break.
Arteta has lost just one of his six previous league meetings with Forest but suffered an embarrassing defeat prior to their promotion.
The two sides met at the City Ground in the third round of the FA Cup back in January 2022.
Despite Forest being a Championship side at the time, they provided an upset by running out narrow winners on the night.
Lewis Grabban’s 83rd minute strike was enough to seal a 1-0 victory for the hosts.
The result and his side’s performance left Arteta furious, with his X-rated reaction in the dressing room caught on camera.
Footage of his explosive rant was later revealed during the Gunners’ ‘All or Nothing’ documentary series on Amazon Prime Video.
It showed the Spaniard storming into the dressing room wagging his finger before unloading on his underperforming squad.
Arteta exclaimed: “I accept losing guys, I accept losing. I don’t accept these f***ing standards, I’m telling you. I don’t accept them, I don’t accept them, these standards.
“It’s nowhere near, nowhere near. I’m not criticising the attitude but attitude is not enough, courage is not enough, to run is not enough, you have to have much more than that and it’s nowhere near.
Amazon Prime VideoArteta slammed the table as he ripped into his players following the defeat[/caption] Amazon Prime VideoThe Gunners boss demanded more courage and better attitude in his X-rated rant[/caption]“You agree with me guys? Yeah? But between you f***ing do it and demand yourself, that’s what I’m telling you in f***ing training because I see it in training, that it doesn’t matter to give the ball away.
“‘It’s okay, sometimes I go to the next ball and I run,’ no! Because in the game it’s a goal.
“When I lose a duel, I am upset. When I lose the small-sided games, I am upset because that’s the f**ing standards, because you come here and f***ing lose.”
He could then be seen slamming a kit trolley onto the floor as he went to walk out of the dressing room.
Arteta then ended by adding: “It’s nowhere near guys. It’s f***ing s***. I’m telling you s***.”
Arteta’s record against Forest
The Arsenal boss has since enjoyed an impressive record against this weekend’s opponents since their Premier League return.
Arteta has won four of his six Premier League meetings with Forest, losing just onceGettyForest were promoted to the top-flight in 2023 and have since met the Gunners on six occasions.
Arteta’s side have won four of those matches, including all three clashes in north London.
They are also unbeaten in their last four against Forest spanning the previous two campaigns.
Meanwhile, Saturday’s meeting will also be Ange Postecoglou’s first as manager after replacing Nuno Espirito Santo in the dugout.
Arteta is unbeaten in four matches against the Australian from his time as Tottenham manager.
Those north London derbies saw Arsenal come out victorious on three occasions alongside a 2-2 draw in September 2023.
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