It was Arsenal’s first win in four Premier League games.
“If you want to be at the top, you are going to have to win games in many different ways,” coach Mikel Arteta said.
“Credit to the boys. The dressing room was absolutely bouncing. It was a big effort to play less than 72 hours ago after the (City) game that we had, and after the result that we had which obviously morally was touching.”
Later on Saturday, City looked set to reclaim top spot against the team they had beaten 6-0 in the reverse fixture when Bernardo Silva gave them a halftime lead.
They should have doubled their advantage midway through the second half but the usually lethal Erling Haaland hit the crossbar from close range before blazing the rebound over.
That miss proved pivotal as, out of nowhere, Forest’s January signing Chris Wood tapped home at the far post to level six minutes from time.
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“We had amazing chances but it’s football. We have to score. We did everything. You have to do it. There were too many clear to score,” coach Pep Guardiola told the BBC.
A trademark James Ward-Prowse free kick earned managerless Southampton a precious three points at Chelsea in a scrappy 1-0 win to pile more pressure on manager Potter.
Chelsea had 17 attempts at goal, five on target, their highest shot tally without scoring at home in the Premier League since May 2021.
Despite spending nearly 300 million pounds ($360 million) in the January transfer window, Chelsea are languishing in 10th place on 31 points from 23 games and are 10 points adrift of the top four.
“Some people will think I’m the problem. I don’t think they’re right but that doesn’t mean they can’t articulate their views,” Potter, whose side have one only once in their last eight league games, said.
Newcastle had only lost once in the league all season prior to Saturday, that against Liverpool in August, but Klopp’s side returned to haunt Eddie Howe’s side.
Nunez fired in after 10 minutes from Trent Alexander-Arnold’s long pass and Gakpo then made it 2-0 from Mohamed Salah’s pass seven minutes later.
Pope was sent off shortly after for deliberately handling the ball outside his area.
Improving Liverpool are now in eighth place but only six points behind fourth-placed Newcastle with a game in hand.
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Everton defender Seamus Coleman’s goal from the tightest of angles secured a 1-0 victory over fellow strugglers Leeds United at Goodison Park and moved them out of the relegation zone.
Bournemouth also moved out of the bottom three to sit level on 21 points with Everton thanks to a second-half strike from Marcus Tavernier to seal a 1-0 win at Wolverhampton Wanderers.
The south-coast club jumped from 19th to 17th, a point above the drop zone, after their first win since the World Cup break.
Elsewhere, Fulham continued their fine season with a 1-0 win at Brighton & Hove Albion moving them up to sixth, while Brentford and Crystal Palace drew 1-1.
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