Nottingham Forest have become the team that cut the attention of many since no one expected them to perform excellently. Nottingham Forest have equal points as arsenal and this will definitely affect arsenal because they already have a competitor since they couldn't hold onto Liverpool that are ahead, they have to fight Nottingham Forest to prevent them from dropping. Arsenal are just ahead because of goals difference which they have to put more effort into winning any of their matches because the way Nottingham Forest are going arsenal will see a lot of pressure and with Saka injuring they can't bear the pressure.
They have performed very well this season even though if you look at the quality of the players they have, it is mediocre and so far they have only lost four times in the League. Nottingham Forest have managed to collect 40 points and they have the same number of points as Arsenal in second place in the standings, so Arsenal's position is not completely safe. If Nottingham Forest play consistently, it will put Arsenal under even more pressure to maintain second place and making a small mistake will make them drop to third place.
Arsenal face slightly stronger opponents in their next three games as they face Tottenham, Aston Villa and Man City so this is a great opportunity for Nottingham Forest to overtake Arsenal in second place and for Arsenal it will be a little harder to deal with the pressure.