 Jurrien Timber was forced out of his Premier League debut for Arsenal with a knee injury which looked like it could keep the new signing out for some time. Arsenal news, exclusives and analysis Sign up Privacy Policy The Netherlands international was booked just before half-time for a lunge on Nottingham Forest's Brennan Johnson and received treatment on the field before the break. The defender returned for the second half but went down soon afterwards without any contact on him, which looked especially bad for him. The 22-year-old was helped off the field, not on a stretcher but with assistance from medical staff and was replaced by Takehiro Tomiysasu. Timber will be heading for scans and assessment, while an update from the Arsenal camp is yet to come, but things did not look great for the Dutchman. There was plenty of concern from his teammates for the new Arsenal signing (Picture: Getty Images) The game was delayed by half an hour due to problems with Arsenal's new e-ticketing system at The Emirates, but despite Forest's Brennan Johnson missing a fabulous early chance, the home side got settled and began to dominate their opening game of the season. Eddie Nketiah opened the scoring 26 minutes in after fine work from Gabriel Martinelli, then Bukayo Saka curled in a brilliant strike to make it 2-0 six minutes later. The Gunners appeared to be coasting to victory in the second half, with another debutant in Declan Rice coming close to scoring on more than one occasion, before things got very nervy. Forest launched a rapid counter-attack after an Arsenal corner led by Anthony Elanga who eventually squared for substitute Taiwo Awoniyi to calmly finish with eight minutes to play. The remainder of the match was really open as Forest pushed for an unlikely equaliser, but there were no more goals to come and Arsenal got the season underway with three points. MORE : Declan Rice 'blown away' by Mi){kind=link}
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Jurrien Timber was forced out of his Premier League debut for Arsenal with a knee injury which looked like it could keep the new signing out for some time.
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The Netherlands international was booked just before half-time for a lunge on Nottingham Forest’s Brennan Johnson and received treatment on the field before the break.
The defender returned for the second half but went down soon afterwards without any contact on him, which looked especially bad for him.