[Kickoff]
In the opening minutes of the game, Arsenal looked settled and confident, knocking the ball around with patience, while Forest sat deep and waited, as most teams do when facing the current Arsenal team.
Nothing felt out of place or dangerous, and that was what made the first goal so jarring.
It came from a moment that barely registered as a chance.
A loose ball down Arsenal's right saw Ndoye take a harmless-looking touch inside to cross Calafiori.
The Italian defender still coped and recovered well, but the former then fizzed a low cross across the six-yard box more out of routine than intent.
Timber running from the far end, tracked back on instinct, sliding in to cut it out before it could reach anyone in red.
He did everything right.
Got there first.
Opened his body and tried to guide it away as the ball spun towards him, but halfway through that motion, Chris Wood touched the ball onto his ankle, and the moment it did, Timber's heart sank.
