Nuno dismisses Premier League standings as Forest put together for Arsenal

Nottingham Forest head coach Nuno Espirito Santo refused to label Arsenal as Premier League title contenders forward of their conflict this weekend.

The Difficult Timber are degree on factors with the Gunners and will leapfrog them into the highest 4 with a win on the Emirates on Saturday.

However even after 11 video games, Nuno won’t acknowledge positions within the league desk.

Talking at his press convention, he stated: “The desk shouldn’t be a reference. what I consider the desk, mainly as a result of the desk doesn’t dictate what it’s a must to do.

“In case you want factors it’s a must to play higher. Let’s all the time take a look at the sport by the sport itself, and compete effectively. If I don’t take a look at the desk, I don’t must assess the opposite groups.

“After the worldwide break it’s all the time a query mark for the workforce about what response goes to occur within the recreation.

“We’re in the identical scenario. Hopefully we will put together effectively and carry out effectively once more as a result of despite the fact that the end result was not one of the best one [losing 3-1 to Newcastle], by way of efficiency we have now to confess that Newcastle performed very well.

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“We didn’t do the issues we needed, now there’s an opportunity to enhance and get higher

“We all the time consider that we will compete, that’s our method.

“We’re going to face a great workforce, a tricky workforce, and we’re going to compete, doing the issues that we would like, making an attempt to keep away from the issues Arsenal desires to do and does very well.

“It’s going to be a tricky recreation.”

Arsenal have been beneath their traditional requirements to date this season and this can be a enormous match that would affect the remainder of their marketing campaign.

A loss might see them fall 12 factors behind leaders Liverpool and 7 behind Manchester Metropolis, however a win might both lower or preserve the hole.

Both manner, it won’t be a straightforward day in North London for the Gunners.