Gabriel Magalhaes will be absolutely buzzing after seeing official announcement ahead of Arsenal’s next game

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Arsenal take on Nottingham Forest on Saturday afternoon at the Emirates Stadium in the Premier League.

The Gunners will be looking to bounce back from their disappointing defeat at the hands of Liverpool prior to the international break.

Mikel Arteta’s team sit three points behind Arne Slot’s side after three matches, with the Merseysiders travelling to Burnley on Sunday.

Arsenal will be strong favourites heading into their clash with Forest, who have endured a turbulent few weeks.

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New Nottingham Forest manager Ange Postecoglou has a terrible record from set pieces vs Arsenal

Forest sacked Nuno Espirito Santo on Monday night, and have immediately replaced him with Ange Postecoglou. The appointment was officially announced on Tuesday afternoon.

The Australian arrives in the East Midlands after being dismissed by Tottenham back in June, 16 days after leading the Lilywhites to European silverware.

Having been in the Gunners’ bitter rivals’ dugout so recently, the encounter on Saturday will now have an extra edge to it.

Arsenal fans were delighted by the appointment of Postecoglou at the City Ground, with the North Londoners’ supporters confident that Arteta’s men can comfortably beat the former Spurs’ boss’ new team with him at the helm.

The Gunners’ faithful have every right to be excited by what their team might produce on Saturday, given Arteta’s record against the new Forest head coach.

Arsenal won three of their four matches against Postecoglou’s Tottenham, while they exploited one specific area that is a key weakness of the 60-year-old’s teams throughout each of these derbies.

Arteta’s outfit scored four goals from corners against Spurs in the last two campaigns, with two own goals, as well as Gabriel Magalhaes and Kai Havertz profiting from this common frailty of the divisive tactician.

Postecoglou has previously revealed that he doesn’t focus on training his teams from dead-ball situations, and this is no doubt something the Gunners will look to take advantage of on Saturday.

Gabriel Magalahaes will be raring to go on Saturday

Arsenal have arguably the most dangerous defender in the world from set-pieces at their disposal.

Gabriel has developed a reputation for being lethal from corners and free-kicks, using his huge frame and ability in the air to dominate from these scenarios.

Postecoglou’s teams are fundamentally poor at defending set-pieces, with players not well arranged and not clear on their roles when setting up for corners in particular.

Gabriel can take advantage of this lack of organisation to charge into certain areas and get on the end of deliveries.

However, he’ll need Declan Rice to be on top of his game regarding his corners, particularly with Bukayo Saka likely unavailable to take them from the other side.