live football scores: Arsenal 3-0 Nottingham

Arsenal came into this season on the back of a busy summer transfer window where they spent around £250m and brought in eight players to propel another push for the Premier League title.

As they swept aside Nottingham Forest 3-0 with five of those new signings starting, the Gunners showed why such aggressive recruitment was justified.

Mikel Arteta’s side were without key trio Bukayo Saka, Kai Havertz and William Saliba through injury, while skipper Martin Odegaard limped off in only the 18th minute.

But it mattered little as Arsenal showed their strength in depth to cruise to an impressive success.

Viktor Gyokeres and Martin Zubimendi were their statement signings and likely to start regardless of the opposition.But with Declan Rice named as a substitute, manager Arteta looks to have ripped up his tier system for this campaign, where he had a number of players who were guaranteed starters and expected to play most of the games.

And despite their injury troubles, Arsenal have won three of their first four league games and are yet to concede a goal from open play.