We won the last three games I was in charge, O'Neill says. I'd come into the job in January after I met Marinakis in London. We agreed that we'd work over a 17-month period and he said: Don't worry about [chasing an unlikely] promotion now. Next season we will really make the charge.' I thought that was absolutely fine and I didn't want any longer, because if I couldn't get them promoted that would be it.
Nottingham Forest and Ange Postecoglou discovered first-hand at the Swansea dot com Stadium on Wednesday night that just because some players who don't make the grade at Old Trafford immediately, it doesn't mean they aren't talented. Swansea staged an incredible comeback against Postecoglou's new side, scoring three second half goals to overturn a two-nil deficit and progress to the next round of this season's League Cup.
New Nottingham Forest head coach Ange Postecoglou will be without full-back Ola Aina, who was injured whilst away with Nigeria. Oleksandr Zinchenko is ineligible to face his parent club but recent signings Nicolo Savona, Dilane Bakwa, John Victor and Cuiabano await their debuts. Players out: Arsenal - Gabriel Jesus, Kai Havertz, Bukayo Saka Nottingham Forest - Ola Aina, Nicolas Dominguez, Oleksandr Zinchenko Doubts: Arsenal - William Saliba